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TIL that DMX started a reality show about his “road to recovery” after getting out of jail… it was cancelled when he got arrested again three weeks later

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a88Qo TIL that research shows that people who laugh at dark jokes have higher IQs and report less aggressive tendencies .
XE8wR TIL of Microsoft Kin, a 2010 smartphone so unpopular it was discontinued after just 48 days
0dAAA TIL telomerase is a naturally forming enzyme that helps maintain the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, thus preventing cells from dying. When mice were genetically engineered to produce 10 times the normal levels of telomerase, they lived 50% longer than normal mice.
0BW5 TIL that there existed a system in British boarding private schools in which the younger students would act as personal servants to the older ones. It was called “fagging,” with some of the older boys acting as “fag-masters” and the servants as “fags.”
0Qnj TIL: Today I learned about ghost flowers, a flowering plant with no chlorophyll.