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TIL Octopus can literally edit their RNA according to change in temperature of the surroundings.

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e0be4 TIL that in Abraham Lincoln's time in the Illinois legislature, he once leapt out of a first-story window in a failed attempt to prevent a quorum from being present. The doors of the Capitol had been locked to prevent legislators from fleeing.
wL8E7 TIL that grapefruit juice can be fatal when taken with certain medications.
1ayoV TIL Pete Townshend Was Arrested on Child Porn Charges
xOOk TIL of a Shabbat elevator. These elevators stop at every floor so that Jews won’t have to press buttons on the Sabbath since pressing buttons is considered ‘doing work’.
89aK TIL that diamonds are not as valuable or rare as we think: they’re only expensive because of a worldwide monopoly on diamond mines.