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Today I learned that Minnesota is the only US state with a French motto

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5j0n TIL that without enzymes it would take about 1 millions years for our body to extract energy from ATP
rgWM TIL in 1599, Andrew Báthory, Prince of Transylvania, was killed and his head cut off. The head was then painted by a Greek artist and sewn back onto his body, before his burial.
eppe5 TIL US Customs and Border Protection allows their officers to have racially motivated and gang-related tattoos... they just need to cover them up while they are at work.
mxwno TIL that Japan has a phone to call the dead. The "wind phone" was created by a man named Itaru Sasaki, who thought that it would be a healing way to talk to his cousin who had passed away—even if the conversation was one-sided. Others now also use the phone in order to feel closer to their deceased.
W75K4 TIL of "RP FLIP" - a boat designed to "sink." More accurately, it intentionally floods itself and as the name implies - flips onto the side. This is done to provide an ideal environment for oceanographic research. The cabins are designed for both sideways and normal habitation.