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TIL the concept of Jamais Vu, which is the opposite of the more familiar term Deja Vu

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Br7Xb TIL The common black garden ant queen has an average lifespan of 15 years, with some living up to around 30. And while under laboratory conditions, workers can live at least 4 years. Watch your step!
4JmJ TIL that kidney transplant is a heterotopic transplant meaning the kidney is placed in a different location than the existing kidneys as they are not removed from the body.
yVKmV TIL that Nunavut's 25 municipalities, which cover only 0.2% of the Canadian territory's total area, are home to 99.95% of its population.
pOMN TIL that holes in Swiss cheese are actually called ‘eyes’. Swiss cheese without eyes is known as 'blind’.
LQdLv TIL in human gestation, we briefly develop fish-like and amphibian-like kidneys before the final third stage of kidneys forms (which are the ones we keep). This shows our evolutionary past in embryonic development.