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TIL the oldest resturant still running started in 803 AD

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epxa4 TIL that in the Commonwealth of Virginia the Dept of Professional and Occupational Regulation you can file a complaint against a professional wrestler, boxer, or martial artist, among other occupations.
gkLA TIL that a “Cloaca” is an all-in-one hole which serves as a pee-hole + ass-hole + birth hole + in/out sex-hole. Birds have this all-purpose hole, as do some mammals, and 1 in 20,000 humans. Some turtles even breath through it, making it a 5-purpose hole for them.
XmoX TIL that the famous B-52 aircraft came into service in 1955, but through being constantly upgraded is expected to last until the 2040s, getting close to 100 years of service.
VB69p TIL cells contain a protein machine, called the proteasome, which takes misfolded proteins that can't be refolded and breaks them into smaller subunits. It is part of a system called the ubiquitin–proteasome, where ubiquitins detects the misfolded proteins and sends them to the proteasome.
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