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JYJ5m TIL that the chunks of ice that break off of icebergs are officially called "bergy bits"
b91j7 TIL Jason Segel's nickname in highschool was Dr. Dunk because he won a slam dunk contest
VB69p TIL cells contain a protein machine, called the proteasome, which takes misfolded proteins that can't be refolded and breaks them into smaller subunits. It is part of a system called the ubiquitin–proteasome, where ubiquitins detects the misfolded proteins and sends them to the proteasome.
rLdx TIL MySpace in July 2005 was bought for $580 Million by Rupert Murdoch. In 2011, it was sold for $35 Million.
MPY7 TIL At age 12 and 13, Curtis Jones and his sister, apparent victims of sexual abuse, killed one of their alleged victimizers. Child welfare knew of the abuse, but did nothing. After the murder, the state charged them as adults. Instead of getting help, they got 18 years in prison.