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TIL Life’s origins may be older than the earth itself

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Xw0R TIL: Scientists fed peanut butter to jellyfish just to see if “Peanut Butter Jellyfish” could be a thing, and it did.
9Y7PM TIL, since 1513 the Kings of Denmark names had alternated between Christian and Frederick, until 1972 when Margrethe II became the first female monarch of Denmark, since Margrethe I in 1412
W7GB TIL the worst time of the year to get sick is in July, this is when medical school graduates begin residencies. The risk of medical errors and surgical complications increase during this time.
xVpmw TIL In Denmark if you are unmarried on your 25th birthday friends play a prank by blasting one with cinnamon. On your 30th birthday the cinnamon gets upgraded to pepper. Danes sometimes add eggs to the mix because it “helps with adhesion.”
NaRE TIL Jack Nicholson found out his sister was actually his mother when he was 37