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TIL that butterflies have 4 wings not 2 (found out on an episode of Benidorm during a pub quiz)

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v9k8 TIL: Seeds buried in the ground by a squirrel in Siberia 32,000 years are the oldest plant ever to be regenerated
OLEe TIL that during sleep cerebral spinal fluid flows through the brain on the OUTSIDE of the brain’s blood vessels and that the CSF removes brain cell waste including amyloid beta protein. This flow only occurs during sleep. Amyloid beta protein buildup is involved in alzheimer’s.
697aJ TIL Lincoln made no mention of Pilgrims, Plymouth or Natives when he codified Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
gdk8 TIL that after South Park aired their episode about Tourette’s, the Tourette Syndrome Association, presuming it would be offensive and insensitive, actually remarked that it was well researched and actually served as a clever was to provide accurate facts.
0dgXy TIL that Sam Spade, despite being a noir icon, not including a few short stories only canonically appeared in the novel The Maltese Falcon and its movie adaptions