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TIL that muscles, which we eat, start out as parasites

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v0Px TIL that a woman gave birth to three children whose DNA didn’t match her own. Despite being monitored while giving birth, she was charged with benefits fraud until it was discovered she carried two complete and differing sets of DNA.
8eLRG TIL The oldest exercise chart in the world dates to 168BC from China. The exercises can be divided into three categories: 1) Postures of bodily and breathing exercises. 2) Imitating animal behaviour. 3) Exercises targeted at specific diseases.
69lWJ TIL that Disney founded the Anaheim Ducks NHL team in 1993 due to the success of their film, "The Mighty Ducks," which released a year earlier.
ADO6n TIL that in 2007 Paris Hilton was banned from attending Oktoberfest because locals felt she would cheapen the event as they did not appreciate how she was trying to promote her canned wine!
epgl4 TIL about the black hole information paradox, a conflict in physics between quantum mechanics and general relativity. The latter says that matter which falls into a black hole is lost when the black hole evaporates, but this violates the principle of information conservation in quantum mechanics.