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TIL that King Cobra is not a Cobra.

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DQWDV TIL that there's a new organelle discovered in human cells called the Hemifusome
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pYnKQ TIL that lawyer Garry Hoy, in an attempt to demonstrate to his students that their office building's windows were unbreakable, threw himself against a window. The glass did not break but the window frame gave way, causing him to fall 24 stories to his death.