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TIL Every autumn Black-capped Chickadees allow brain neurons containing old information to die, replacing them with new neurons so they can adapt to changes in their social flocks and environment even with their tiny brains.

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796b TIL Norway actually introduced Salmon Sushi to Japan
rlre TIL that one theory on why we are ticklish is that it serves as a mechanism for developing combat skills. Most often practiced from parent to child, tickling activates vulnerable areas on the body that develop a defensive reaction while producing laughter that encourages the ‘attacker’ to continue.
w6Jo TIL that a prostitute in Bonn (Germany) has to buy a 6 Euro ticket from the city’s “Sex Meter” to legally work at night and is then guarded by a private security company. Not paying for the ticket can get you banned from working there and a $145 fine
1axbO TIL that in Japanese, 緑 (green) was taught to be a shade of 青 (blue) until the occupation of Japan in WW2. Japanese people still regularly use 青 to describe traffic lights and unripe fruit
Ooxw4 TIL that the most downvoted post of all time will make it into the 2020 guiness world record book.