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TIL the state parliament of Bremen, Germany, is called the Bürgerschaft

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ANoka TIL that in ‘98 J.J. Abrams and the director of Cloverfield created a TV show about a young woman going to college called Felicity. It lasted four seasons and ends with a five-episode long time travel arc.
vPPB TIL Mother Theresa caused thousands to suffer because she believed suffering “brought people closer to Christ” and was the source of many deaths because she refused to give people quality health care while receiving world-class health care for herself.
kOoZ1 Octopuses are weird. This is not just because they look odd. It’s not because they’re disturbingly smart. It’s because they have a strange power. In April last year, researchers found octopuses — and some of their cuttlefish and squid cousins — regularly edit their RNA. This sets them apart from the rest of the animal world.
rRXm0 TIL The flame of a lighter is actually hollow and lighter flames can reach 3,500 degrees.
grdp8 TIL Present-day giant pandas are estimated to have diverged from their closest relatives, all other bears 20 million years ago, based on molecular data