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TIL about "glacier mice": mysterious balls of moss found in icy environments that move in herds at about 1inch a day. How they form and how/why they move is unknown.

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loXQV TIL that older adults have a disproportionately good memory of events which occurred when they were 16 to 25 years of age. A phenomenon known as the reminiscence bump.
Aw14 TIL After a Hong Kong gangster kidnapped the son of Asia’s richest man and extracted a US$130 million ransom, he phoned up the tycoon to ask advice on how to invest the money
x61Vg TIL Miami has an underwater graveyard, Neptune Memorial Reef. Cremated remains are mixed with concrete and formed into sculptures, with a copper plate marking each sculpture, so that family can dive and know where to visit their loved one’s specific resting place
QLe6 TIL Most tropical fruits, avocado, papaya, durian, were eaten by animals that no longer exist and should, evolutionarily, also be extinct
J1wVv TIL Lockheed Martin have filed for a patent on a small fusion "engine" intended to provide propulsion for a future aircraft design. "Provided herein are various leptonic power sources, leptonic control systems, and leptonic-powered engines."