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TIL the strongest pound for pound organism on earth is the gonorrhoea bacterium. Capable of pulling 100,000 times it own weight!

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wLBK8 TIL a married father in France went to the hospital complaining of a 2 week history of mild leg weakness, only to find out he lived his whole life with 90% of his brain missing
1Gn4 TIL that in many South Park episodes A-star celebrities star in non-speaking roles. Jerry Seinfeld once offered to lend his voice for an episode, but declined to appear when he was only offered the role as “Turkey #2”.
7mMO TIL Cows are social animals, capable of forming close bonds with each other and when their friends are gone they become stressed.
MeQob TIL The oldest Tree in the world was killed by one man trying to figure out how old it was
g9bW TIL John Lennon’s son Julian Lennon had to buy back his father’s letters written to him and other of John’s belongings in an auction that Yoko Ono did after John’s death. Julian basically used his dad’s money to buy his dad’s belongings.