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TIL naked mole rats have a 10x longer lifespan (~30 years) than domestic rats, and carry various cancer-resistant genetic properties.

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e0lXJ TIL that the red liquid seeping out of a cooked rare steak isn’t blood. It is in fact a mixture of a protein called ‘Myoglobin’ and water. Myoglobin helps muscle tissue store oxygen and just like Hemoglobin, contains iron that turns red when it binds with oxygen.
OZbR TIL that Pope Pius XII, who is often criticized for not speaking forcefully against Hitler, supervised a rescue network which saved 860,000 Jewish lives - more than all the international agencies combined.
N8RN TIL Benjamin Franklin never patented any of his inventions. He reasoned that “we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others”, and that “we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously”
8a6y8 TIL Vasectomies are reversed successfully 60-75% of the time if done within 10 years
6Ey9m TIL There’s a newly discovered Pygmy Seahorse Species called Hippocampus Nalu—nalu referring to “here it is” since it was known to locals prior to its scientific discovery