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TIL inside your cells there are tiny molecular motors that literally walk down paths on their tiny legs

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jN1mj TIL the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it
by7a TIL Namco has a US patent on having mini-games inside of their game’s loading screens; this is why most games have such boring loading screens
4XA0b TIL that the identity of the "House of the Rising Sun" is unknown. Only 3 buildings in New Orleans ever had the name 'Rising Sun' during the time the song emerged. Some theories say it was a hotel, a brothel, a jailhouse, or a Creole mansion. Some believe that it never actually existed at all.
e54E TIL that in 2012 a Manchester couple jokingly invited Queen Elizabeth to their wedding, the Queen accepted and made an appearance along with Prince Philip.
D1KpY TIL of Mim, an eastern grey kangaroo raised by a family who hand-fed her. After they released her, Mim roamed wild for years; but when wildfires burned near the family's home in Kulnura, Australia, Mim turned up at their door seeking shelter. They let her stay indoors where she lounged on a blanket.