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TIL the blood of young mice rejuvenates the brain function of old mice

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8yB4 TIL that the SNL Jeopardy sketch was created by Norm Macdonald purely so that he could show off his Burt Reynolds impression.
VBK0Q TIL There’s only an estimated 8-10,000 MS-13 members in the US vs an estimated 1.4 million total gang members
xVgQ1 TIL: 14 cargo ships got stranded in the Suez Canal during the Six-Day-War in 1967 and weren’t able to leave until 8 years later.
negKB TIL The notion that we are all 99.9% the same came from looking for differences in our DNA letter by letter. The new studies show people not only have differences within their genes, but also in the number of their genes. We are definitely not as alike as we once believed.
W78N TIL- during WW1, around the Christmas of 1914, groups of soldiers held unofficial ceasefires. Opposing soldiers exchanged food and souvenirs. Some sang carols and played football together, and remained friends after the war. This is now referred to as the “Christmas Truce” +1 for humanity