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TIL: it takes one protein ~10 seconds to move within a cell from one side to the other.

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JYOXV TIL of the Spotlight Effect, a psychological phenomenon where everyone is the center of their own universe, and has a microscope only on their own faults and mistakes. This results in others never even noticing nor remembering what we later regret doing or saying bc they only see their own mistakes.
e0KXk TIL About cow blowing - Someone is paid to spend all day blowing into the anus or vagina of cow, as it believed it helps it to produce more milk.
e00gn TIL Led Zeppelin is the name of an entire band and not one singer...
VMge8 TIL that Hippies get their name from Hipsters, who were sarcastic, pot smoking 1940s jazz fans.
BO1x TIL the mascot of The Evergreen State College in Washington is the geoduck, a clam with a large phallic appendage, which thrives in nearby Puget Sound. In honor of its mascot, the school’s motto is “Omnia Extares,” Latin for “let it all hang out.”