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TIL despite many people/companies saying otherwise, pores (in your skin) do not open or close.

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Y7X9P TIL about the short stories of African American writer Diane Oliver who died in 1966 in a motorcycle accident at the age of 22
W7LX9 TIL (from u/farminghills) that you can find all the images taken from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, sorted by camera
GALQ4 TIL the internationally recognised start of Earth's second-most recent geological age (the Pleistocene, aka the "Ice Age") is officially defined as the time when a specific species of algae became extinct
ZpDWa TIL For cousins, the degree or position refers to how many generations your eldest cousin has to skip to get to their common ancestor, and the removal refers to how many generations your eldest cousin has to move to get to you
wL1B6 TIL George Lazenby (James Bond in 1969) was waiting to meet Bruce Lee in a Hong Kong bar in 1973. They were set to finalize the agreement for George to appear in Game of Death and try to revive his film career. Bruce never made it to the meeting as he died of a cerebral edema. He was 32.