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TIL of Here Come the Mummies, a funk band that is rumored to have several Grammy winners among the members. They perform wearing full mummy costumes to keep their identities “under wraps”

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1L8O TIL that a company called No More Woof is developing a device and software which monitors dogs’ brainwaves and translates mental states into English so that they can tell us how they’re feeling
kJYv5 TIL B-17 crews in WWII were volunteers, they could quit flying at any time. They had some of the highest casualty rates of any service in the war yet thousands continued to fly.
x6bko TIL that the Navajo language, spoken by many indigenous peoples in Arizona and New Mexico, is related to indigenous languages of northwestern Canada and Alaska, all of which form the proposed Na-Dené language family.
PgkG TIL that gynecologists train on unconscious women in hospitals, and it’s completely legal, standard procedure.
7EWp TIL Timothy Ray Brown is the only human ever cured of HIV. He had the virus for 11 years before developing leukemia. When he was given a bone marrow transplant, the HIV virus disappeared. His blood has been studied for years but there’s still no definitive answer as to why he recovered.