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TIL We only know so much about Leonardo da Vinci's anatomy work basically because of several ADHD hords and projects.

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yQBP8 TIL: Radio commentator Paul Harvey’s father was murdered in Tulsa when Paul was a boy.
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gMmD9 TIL of the parasitic Massospora fungus which infects cicadas, replaces their genitals with a fungal stump, and hijacks their brains with amphetamines and/or psilocybin (the key chemical in hallucinogenic mushrooms), forcing them to mate non-stop and spread the fungal spores to infect other cicadas.
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