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TIL of super recognisers, people with the ability to recognise faces much strongly than normal people, 80% more! Scotland Yard have a squad of 200 of these types of people.

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xVJW7 TIL the Supreme Court case which created the "fire in a crowded theater" quote was about draft protesters being arrested, and it was overturned more than 40 years ago.
ADMyB TIL that a team in Tanzania is training giant rats to spot Tuberculosis in human spit. The rats can test 100 samples in 10 to 20 minutes: a human with a microscope takes 4 days to test the same number. The same species is also used to detect landmines.
EgDXx TIL female worms shrivel and die after giving birth due to the presence of male sperm and seminal fluid
Goag TIL: Scientists can take neurons from the skin and graft them into the brain. These neurons become fully functional and integrated into the brain.
nWaPd TIL that the oldest giraffe living under human care spent most of her life in Lufkin, Texas.