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TIL Leonard Nimoy directed Three Men and a Baby

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KY016 TIL there is a wasp called "Gasteruption jaculator"
KYGxR TIL Ernest Hemmingway's great-granddaughter, Cristen Hemmingway Jaynes, is also a fiction writer and a non-fiction writer on environmental issues.
oBVxY TIL Tigers cannot purr. To show happiness, tigers squint or close their eyes. This is because losing vision lowers defense, so tigers only purposefully do so when they feel comfortable and safe
Goag TIL: Scientists can take neurons from the skin and graft them into the brain. These neurons become fully functional and integrated into the brain.
wLxm7 TIL that the women who work in the garment recycling industry in India have a theory that because of a water shortage in the West, it must be cheaper to buy new clothes than to wash them. This explains why so many clothes are discarded barely worn. (Link fixed)