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TIL The Amazing Jonathan, late comedian and magician, was married to, and managed by, Anastasia Synn, a transhumanist, biohacker, and cyborg rights activist. She holds the Guinness World Record for most technological implants in the female body and has the largest magnet ever implanted in a person.

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dDYNZ TIL about 'Tree Spiking'. A practice in which someone screws or hammers in a spike into the base or trunk of a tree with the intention of causing personal and industrial harm. This has lead to the maiming and deaths of lumberjacks and factory workers...
xV4X1 TIL that even though bigger animals have more cells (more cells=more mutations), they aren't more susceptible to cancer. It's called Peto's Paradox.
50k TIL there are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Possible Chess Games.
JRQm TIL: C.S Lewis’ death received little attention because it happened on the same day as the assassination of JFK and the death of A. Huxley
NXVOE TIL Red Kangaroos are the Animal that Grows the Most Over Its Lifespan