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TIL of the Pandoravirus: a giant virus where 93% of their genes resemble nothing known, cannot be traced to any known cellular lineage, and suggests a 4th domain of life.

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GAGp1 TIL that the fear of long words is names hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
9wwKm TIL Waggoner Ranch, a 525,000 acre, 800 square mile ranch in North Texas, went up for sale for $725 million and sold for an undisclosed amount to billionaire Stan Kroenke in 2016, making it the largest sale amount ever offered for an American ranch.
nWKyP TIL that a restaurant chain in Missouri and Alabama is known for throwing bread rolls to its customers. In 2015, they were sued by a customer who claimed to have suffered permanent eye damage from a thrown roll. The restaurant admitted it was not the first time such a thing had happened.
Ypkrr TIL that Kirk Kerkorian, the richest person in Los Angeles, has dispensed more than $200 million and a school, and he has never allowed anything to be named in his honor
QBjp TIL that a finger with nerve damage won’t wrinkle under water.