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TIL The appendix does have a purpose. It stores samples of good bacteria so they can repopulate your immune system in case they are wiped out completely by diseases such as dysentery or cholera.

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j6keQ TIL Philosopher JJC Smart termed the sensations (and broadly, elements of the consciousness) such that are not explained by established physical laws and science as “nomological danglers”.
XEYOk TIL the word slogan derives from the Irish words sluagh "army" + gairm "cry". Its what the clan or army would chant going into battle.
1aMK7 TIL SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg wanted SpongeBob to be a character with a "young, boyish" attitude, drawing comedic influence from Jerry Lewis, Stan Laurel & Pee-Wee Herman
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6e0w TIL that Don King has murdered two people. The first was ruled “justifiable homicide” and the other was pardoned completely.