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TIL that Google founded Calico, an anti-ageing company designed to ultimately cure death

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JYDpl TIL A WWI soldier injured in France in 1917, went on to marry the nurse that mistook him for a German spy and advised surgeons to take his life on the operating table. He accidentally spoke German to doctors while under a fever, and she took it as spy language. They were married for over 50 years.
Br1Or TIL on Valentine’s day in Japan, women give their male co-workers chocolate. Unpopular co-workers receive cheap giri-choko(“ultra-obligatory” chocolate) while others receive honmei-choko (“true feeling chocolate”).
lx9K TIL that talking to yourself may just in fact benefit thinking and perception!
rRya0 TIL that Cockroaches are so repulsed by humans that if they're touched by a human, not only do they run away, but they wash themselves.
KOYBa TIL Rick Bayless, Skip's brother, is a world-renowned chef and has been on many cooking shows