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TIL that in 1972, two grad students at MIT invented Proton-Enhanced Nuclear Induction Spectroscopy, a technique for transferring spin orientation from one atomic nucleus to another. Yes, they chose this name specifically for the acronym.

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b6R89 TIL that blueberries (and cranberries) are true berries, produced from a single ovary with non permeable skin. Raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries, on the other hand, whose tissue holds hundreds of ovaries with permeable surfaces, are made up of smaller fruits.
JYkEm TIL: Echidna was a monster in Greek Mythology, half-woman and half-snake, she was the mother of Cerberus & the Sphinx
R0l4 TIL 99% of women and 95% of men talk to their pets (and 93% of women/87% of men think their pets communicate back).
5mQn TIL Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Coppola) changed his last name at the beginning of his career in order to avoid any favoritism he might receive as the nephew of the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola (directed “The Godfather”, “The Godfather II”, “Apocalypse Now”, among other movies).
4p5N TIL ants were the first non-human meat farmers. An African breed of ants raises other bugs for food.