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TIL muscles “bank” extra nuclei, making your comeback faster.

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b9NKj TIL that despite Disney claiming that Steamboat Willie was the "first synchronized sound cartoon", the actual first cartoon to feature synchronized sound was the Fleischer Studios "My Old Kentucky Home" in 1926, 2 years before Steamboat Willie was released
EXWW TIL King Charles VI of France suffered from glass delusions, a psychiatric phenomenon in which people believe they’re made of glass. Charles VI refused to let people touch him and wore reinforced clothing to protect himself from accidental “shattering.”
5BNQ TIL “Reddit” is Latin for “Gives Back”
Egx8w TIL dolphins actually have names for one another, using a unique whistle to distinguish between different members within their pod.
9wgZD TIL when doctors realized that Rudolph Valentino would die (at age 31 in 1926) due to disease, they withheld the information from him, which was common for the time. Valentino was briefly conscious and chatted with his doctors about his future, but soon lapsed into a coma and died a few hours later.