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TIL the medical term STAT is from the Latin word statum, meaning ‘immediately’

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Epdo TIL that prisoners on Greenland are allowed to leave their cells between 06.30am-09.30pm, work, visit relatives, have their own cell key, and use firearms.
W9RL TIL that the neurons of a dead squid in a japanese dish called odori-don are activated by soy sauce, causing it to “dance”
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b6EoN TIL that early TV remotes worked with a spring-loaded hammer striking a solid aluminum rod in the device, which then rings out at an ultrasonic frequency, requiring no batteries.