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QNl66 TIL lobsters never stop growing, which eventually can kill them. The increasingly large exoskeleton takes too much energy to shed, and they die of exhaustion.
kJVRW TIL America’s Loneliness Epidemic: Nearly 40 MILLION American adults now live alone and they are 64% more likely to be depressed than their peers
W75go TIL about Nagoro, a creepy village in the valleys of Shikoku, Japan, where around 350 life-size dolls outnumber the human residents. Created by Tsukimi Ayano, who returned to her hometown 11 years ago, each doll represents a former villager who either moved away or died.
GlK7 TIL that Alyssa Milano actually made a sex tape - and not just the fake one she made for FunnyOrDie
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