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TIL that the cell nucleus is probably an ancient virus that invaded a primitive cell and remained there symbiotically.

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Y7aGG TiL the Nirvana song "About a Girl" was written by Kurt Cobain about his then girlfriend Tracy Marander, partially inspired by their fights over Cobain's refusal to do household chores. She didn't know the song was about her until reading a biography on the band.
awZ80 TIL: Advent Calendars were originally called "Nicholas Calendars" and we're given out on December 6th.
AN9ZB TIL the Majority of Millennials and Gen Z use subtitles when streaming TV
mbVv TIL there is a restaurant in Pittsburgh called the Conflict Kitchen that only serves foods from countries that the USA is currently in conflict with.
kOE9B TIL the Byzantine Emperor Basi II, or Basi the Bulgar Slayer, after the Battle of Kleidion, put captured Bulgarians into groups of one-hundred, and left ninety-nine of each group blind. The latter of whom was captured and left with only one eye, and had to lead the blind group back home.