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TIL nails grow faster in summer.

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8mV8 TIL there is something called Genetic memory, an example are butterflies who remember their migration route even though it takes three generations to complete
GApL1 TIL Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata and Fugure in D minor" became his best-known work ultimately after inclusion in Walt Disney's Fantasia some 200 years later and may not have actually been written by him
m1Obx TIL that John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved the Life of Abraham Lincoln’s Son
4v7o TIL the IRS has instructions for employees on how to collect taxes after a nuclear war
bEN TIL that Doctor Who actor John Barrowman almost got the role of Will in Will & Grace but he lost the part because the producers thought he was “too straight”. Barrowman is gay and Eric McCormack, who got the part, is straight.