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TIL there is still thousands of unexploded Japanese balloon bombs in the continental 48 states from WWII.

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e04aL TIL that in April of 2018, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes in California completely erased Alzheimer’s disease damage in human cells by changing the structure of one protein.
kJWQE TiL that while primary endosymbiosis, which originated the plastids and the mitochondria, happened only once, secondary endosymbiosis happened several types, giving rise to many different, unrelated groups of algae that got their plastids by engulfing other eukaryotes that had engulfed bacteria!
9YYrX TIL that Latvia imports almost as much tequila as Canada or Brazil
oEBK TIL 1 in 2000 women have a double uterus (uterus didelphys) and it is possible to get pregnant with both simultaneously and give birth to twins. A double uterus is normal for cats and dogs but not primates.
E6bo TIL Koko, the signing gorilla, asked for a pet cat and named the tail-less kitteh All Ball, signed “obnoxious cat” when it bit her, and grieved when it died