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TIL, though incredibly rare, left-handed snails exist, and they can only mate with other left-handed snails.

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6EvGw TIL a former engineer in Japan claims to be the only heir to authentic ninjutsu. In his 60s, Jinichi Kawakami decided he will not appoint anyone as the next ninja grandmaster, saying: "we now have guns, the internet and much better medicines, so the art of ninjutsu has no place in the modern age."
YpVMB Today I learned that Michael Bowen (who played Jack, and killed Hank from Breaking Bad) and Dean Norris (Hank) were actually longtime buddies and he (Michael Bowen) had tears in his eyes when he killed Hank in Breaking Bad
W7DB8 TIL about the Moretta mask, a mask worn by Venetian women that hid their identities, making men guess both the woman’s personality and appearance. The mask kept women silent, as they had to bite a button on the front of the mask to keep it in place
4Rjb TIL that the White House increased the numbers of signatures necessary for a petition to get a response after a petition for an American Death Star got enough signatures
696mm TIL about Dinolingo, a language app designed for children, which launched the same year as Duolingo