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TIL a shark’s heart is under it’s tongue.

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D8Jr TIL water privatization has proven to be another cause of—rather than a solution to—chronic water shortage problems
4k8Na Today I learned about Sensory Specific-Satiety - a mental phenomenon that refers to the declining satisfaction generated by the continuous consumption of a certain type of sensory stimulation, i.e food, and the consequent renewal in appetite resulting from the exposure to a new flavor or stimulus.
6EDB8 TIL that the assertion that the human body completely replaces itself (cellular renewal) in 7-10 years, is a myth. I.e neurons in the cerebral cortex not only last your entire lifetime, they are never replaced.
8eRLV TIL one of the earliest and most iconic Nike shoe tread, the “waffle sole” was designed literally by its inventor, Bill Bowerman, pouring rubber into his wife’s Belgian waffle iron.
8eOa TIL there is a patron saint of the Internet