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TIL Betty White has been nominated for an Emmy in six different decades

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worOJ TIL at least 90% of the human genome is non-functional and commonly referred to as "junk DNA"
QK8E TIL: The closest that we can get to the language of Jesus (Aramaic) is Syriac, the language of Syria.
9w65p TIL that when the Arctic ground squirrel hibernates it's body temperature can reach -2.9 degrees. It can prevent it's blood from freezing by cleansing it's body of ice nucleators which enable the development of ice crystals. This is being studied to help preserve human organs for transplant.
P4OL TIL when a Marvel comic book writer apologized to Samuel L. Jackson for basing Nick Fury on him in 2002, he said, “Fuck, no, man. Thanks for the 9 picture deal.”
g7v9 TIL: Cheese is the most stolen food item in the world