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TIL that the Tardigrade (AKA the water bear) is a tiny organism that is pretty much immortal. It goes into some sort of cryo sleep to protect itself from extreme temperatures, radiation,…dont need any water and have survived a spacewalk.

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a8OwA TIL the term "skunkworks" does not mean what I thought it meant. It does NOT mean a project with no upper management support, but rather it's when a small team, seaparate team is formed to develop a particular thing. The team itself is usually well funded but outside organisational bureaucracy.
jD1N TIL Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose recorded himself having sex with the drummer Steven Adlers girlfriend and put it on a mix on a song for the bands album. Steven later “freaked out” when he found out.
xGN7 TIL the Greek physician Hippocrates thought that a malignant tumour surrounded by swollen blood vessels reminded him of a crab in sand calling the mass karkinos, the Greek word for crab, hence the origin of the name cancer.
VMQdm TIL that the Vietnamese word for the country of Italy is simply the letter "Ý".
D6pg TIL penguins have been known to push a fellow penguin into the water to check if the area is safe and free of predators