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TIL “bleb” is a real scientific term referring to bulging cell membranes.

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oBYR7 TIL that Richard Nixon's daughter, Julie, ended up marrying Dwight D. Eisenhower's grandson, David, in 1968. They had 3 children and are still married to this day.
yPZe TIL that diamond oceans exist on Uranus and Neptune
OLgY TIL that the UK govt has created a tax called the “Google Tax” to stop corporates diverting funds abroad to reduce tax liability.
jevn TIL: Under the Third Reich, Aryan mothers who devoted their lives to having children were awarded the Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter (Mother’s Cross) and were respected civil servants who were saluted on the streets by Hitler’s Youth.
jN45j TIL that the German city of Augsburg was given a colony in present-day Venezuela called Klein-Venedig in the 1500s when the Habsburg emperor couldn't repay a loan back in cash