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TIL that the real name of the character M, played by Judi Dench in the James Bond films, is Olivia Mansfield.

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p8YV8 TIL The Greenland shark is the longest living vertebrate on Earth.
oRopY TIL Alan Turing was known for being eccentric. Each June he would wear a gas mask while cycling to work to block pollen. While cycling, his bike chain often slipped, but instead of fixing it, he would count the pedal turns it took before each slip and stop just in time to adjust the chain by hand
D11Dg TIL the USDA passed a law in 2016 allowing imported food from China to be labeled as "Product of USA"
e0Krg TIL that honeybees let out a ‘whoop’ when they bump into each other. This vibrational pulse, long thought to be a signal to other bees to stop what they are doing, might actually be an expression of surprise
wL1wW TIL: In 2018, doctors found that a patient, Kendra Jackson, had a leaky brain for 5 years. After an accident in 2013, she had a daily runny nose for years and suffered headaches. She lost half a pint of brain fluid a day through her nose.