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TIL that the spandex name was chosen as an anagram of “expands”

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6EoXY TIL that in 1935 a recently caught tiger shark at a Sydney aquarium regurgitated a human arm. The police were able to identify the owner of the arm and launch a murder investigation.
0dJX1 TIL Canada has shorter term mortgage contracts that have to be renewed when the contract expires. 5 year terms are most common.
JE74 TIL there is controversy about scientists naming a protein “sonic hedgehog”. A mutation in this protein can cause serious birth defects and many scientists/clinicians dislike the idea of telling parents their child has “a mutation in their sonic hedgehog”
Y70Jd TIL that Making Predictions Impedes the Formation of Memories.Trying to predict what is going to happen next in any given moment impedes your brain’s ability to encode your current moment in memory.
gMKZW TIL Mongolians invented minced/ground meat. They often had to eat while horseback riding, so they wrapped a few slices of meat under their saddles so it would crumble under pressure and motion and be cooked by heat and friction.