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TIL that when a decapitated flatworm regrows its head, it gets all its old memories back too.

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rwv4 TIL, the cairn terrier (Toto) has been proposed as the state dog of Kansas
XEJYP TIL that in 2003, two men stole an empty Boeing 727 from Luanda International Airport and flew it into the sunset. They have never been found.
x6ON0 TIL that the Spice Girls co-wrote all their own songs. When they left their original management, they allegedly stole the masters of their recordings from the management office to make sure they retained creative control of their work.
8aL9V TIL one man is responsible for removing all the old paper prayers from Jerusalem’s Western Wall, his name is Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz. Twice a year he and his team collects hundreds of thousands of notes and buries them on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olive
EgVMV TIL in 2014, the owner of Samuel's Sweet Shop died and his family struggled to keep the store open. So the owners friends, Actors Paul Rudd (Ant Man) and Jeffery Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) bought it and have been co-owners ever since