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TIL when two yeast move toward each other to have sex it's called shmoo

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OGpX TIL There is a medical disorder in infants called “Maple Syrup Urine Disease,” where the child’s urine smells of maple syrup or burnt sugar. And it can be fatal.“
JO41 TIL that while serving time in prison, rapper Tupac Shakur was asked for his autograph by a skinhead who said it was for his younger cousin. Tupac obliged, later saying that it made him feel like he accomplished something.
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8apAG TIL that in 2013 a scientist injected human brain cells into a mouse brain, which improved the mouse's memory and capacity to learn