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TIL, Ming the clam lived to be 507 years old.

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QJR9 TIL that in the 1950s and 60s, women in Afghanistan studied to be doctors - Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan… | Foreign Policy
N767b TIL a Venus flytrap can count the number of times its victims touch the hairs on its leaves. One touch does nothing, two closes the trap, three primes the trap for digestion, five triggers the production of digestive enzyme. So, victims tell the plant to start killing it and how vigorously to do so.
Y4er TIL that newborn ducks will take on the characteristics of the first animal they see. If the first animal they see is a human, then they will think they’re human and grow up thinking they’re human. This is called “imprinting” and it’s the natural instinct to follow the first thing they see.
oEOR TIL that Belgium is named after the Belgae people, which is translated to ‘The people who swell with anger,’ meaning Belgium means 'land where the people swell with anger’
v9Vx TIL of Muzzammil Hassan, a Muslim-American who founded a TV network to fight against Muslim stereotypes. He was later sentenced 25 years to life for beheading his wife.