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TIL the bacteria Listeria Monocytogenes evades the immune system by hijacking the cells skeleton and using it to blast around like a rocket.

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X0xKR TIL that for a time, the Guinness World Records were owned by Hit Entertainment, a now-defunct children's media company that owned the rights to Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder, Barney, and Pingu
kJjwB TIL there is an estimated 370 quintillion gallons of water on Earth.
rRmE1 TIL Reason for Super Saiyan golden hair transformation was because Akira Toriyama saved himself time by eliminating the need to color the Saiyan's hair black.
wLnd7 TIL That American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
wLwJW TIL that although she is best-known for nursing, Florence Nightingale was actually a pioneer of statistics, creating the polar graph, and using data to effect change on sanitation practices in India