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TIL that was film director Mike Nichols was the impetus for split up of Simon and Garfunkel

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4XoyR TIL Japanese Doctor Fukushi Masaichi (1878-1956) was the worlds leading collector of body torn tattoos. He would offer prisoners money to be able to remove their skin after death. He had an immense collection.
woYV7 TIL By the time babies are crawling, their brains have already learned what accent their speech will become and that it's possible to adapt your own accent but you can never change it based on what your brain has decided it will be from that very VERY early age.
7rx6P TIL foxes utilize the earth's magnetic field as a targeting system to find prey
b9A09 TIL seahorse couples greet each other every morning with a dance, which sometimes involves changing colour. It is a way of reinforcing their bond and synchronising their reproductive cycles.
6EQEm TIL: During the beginning of the cold war the USSR penetrated the Los Alamos nuclear lab in USA and stole sensitive info. At the end of the cold war China penetrated the same lab and stole info of the most advanced miniaturized US nuke and replicated it and improved it.