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TIL that Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder, lead singer, keyboardist of 1980's new wave powerhouse DEVO, was the composer for Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok soundtrack and is signed on for Thor: Love and Thunder.

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m1jdy TIL After the integration of Nunavik into Canada, the Inuktitut language has added thousands of words to itself in the last few decades, at the same time that many words became obsolete and lost. New words include “Funnialuk” — as in “very funny.”
4JmJ TIL that kidney transplant is a heterotopic transplant meaning the kidney is placed in a different location than the existing kidneys as they are not removed from the body.
jN8kQ TIL A liter of seawater typiically contains 100 billion viruses, most of which infect microorganisms
v1npB TIL that the island of Borneo is the only island to be split between three countries: Brunei (entirely on the island), Malaysia (partially on the Asian mainland, partially on Borneo), and Indonesia (an archipelago)
1Q7O TIL that people with Down syndrome, who used to have a life expectancy of about 25, are living to 60.