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TIL Dolphins have two stomachs.

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ADArw TIL in 2016, scientists discovered an Arctic Tern flew 59,650 miles in the course of a year, from an island off the coast of England to Antarctica, and then back again. It was the longest migration ever recorded—the equivalent of flying around the circumference of the Earth twice, plus 10,000 miles.
RyK7 TIL that to make the Snickers Brady Bunch commercial, the stand-in actors had to have the exact same chin, mouth, and lip proportions as the original Bradys, and had to keep their heads as still as possible to make tracking the faces easier.
7pAZ TIL Charles Manson took 150 hours of Scientology courses and but rejected it as “too crazy”
nWpn7 TIL Protein folding is the process where newly formed protein in the cell, changes from a long, unstable coil into a specific 3D shape. This final structure allows the protein to carry out its biological function. Many proteins fold spontaneously, some require enzymes or certain chemical conditions.
v1lW7 TIL A group of students in Iran spent years reconstructing thousands of shredded CIA secret documents, and subsequently published them