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TIL Matthew Perry lost the tip of his middle finger as a child “due to an unfortunate door-shutting accident”

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6xo7 TIL that without bats there would be no tequila. It’s made from the agave plant, which is pollinated by bats.
AEYx TIL that all patents on Lego have expired and anyone can make Lego clones; they just cannot use the word Lego since it is a Trademark. Lego have lost 2 court cases (EU & Canada) because of this.
e4o6 TIL scientists have identified an asteroid in our solar system, 16 Psyche, which has enough iron to fuel planetary consumption for millions of years. The Earth may have as little as a century of mineable iron left, in contrast.
8e1ZK TIL that there are very few figurative statues in honour of enslaved people in the entire Caribbean - only 6!
J1p71 TIL after losing her position in her university's anatomy department in 1938, Rita Levi-Montalcini set up a laboratory in her bedroom and studied the growth of nerve fibers in chicken embryos. This work led to her discovery of nerve growth factor, for which she was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1986.