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TIL a group of hedgehogs is called a “prickle.”
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TIL that every human being has a unique microbial identity. A microbial "trace" is left of us as we move about that is as unique a fingerprint and could one day be used in criminal forensics and bio-metric security.
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TIL actress Louise Fletcher, who won an Oscar for Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and played Kai Winn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was born to parents who were both deaf. She was taught to speak by a hearing aunt, who also introduced her to acting.
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TIL of Agent Garbo, a double agent in WW2 for Britain. Initially rejected by Britain, he then went to Germany, claiming he could share British intel. Germany welcomed him, and he gained their trust. He again offered to help Britain, and was hired. Garbo fed fake intel to Germany for the entire war.
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TIL of Charles Valadier, a dentist who used his Rolls Royce 'Silver Ghost' as a mobile dental surgery unit to treat facial injuries of wounded soldiers on the front during World War 1. Using the Rolls-Royce on the frontline, Valadier became a pioneer of maxillofacial reconstructive surgery.
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TIL in psychology there is a theory called the Electra and opedius complex that states Girls feel attraction to their father and jealousy towards there mother during phallic stage and vice versa