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TIL that Hydra are small freshwater invertebrates whose stem cells exist in a continuous state of renewal. Kept safe and in isolation, these organisms show no signs of aging.

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xVN41 TIL Glass actually neither a liquid—supercooled or otherwise—nor a solid. It is an amorphous solid—a state somewhere between those two states of matter. Glass atoms move too slowly for changes to be visible.
R7Prj TIL, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was marketed with the title "The Whip Guy" in Turkey in 1984
Xd0D Til Sergey Bubka broke the pole vault world record in 1984 then kept breaking it every year after by as small an amount as possible for the reward money.
LQrx0 TIL before joining the Ramones, Joey Ramone went by the stage name "Jeff Starship." He used the name from 1972 until 1974, the same year Jefferson Airplane changed its name to Jefferson Starship.
GAYmg TIL former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was dressed every morning — including underwear — by his personal valet, John Moaney.