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Ypjrr TIL At 65 Stephen Hawking fulfilled his dream and did a backflip in zero gravity
OQk6 TIL that around 4,000 Brazilian street children “disappeared” after being arrested in a social cleansing leading up to the 2012 UN Conference in Rio. The Brazilian government refuses to say where they are. Around 90,000 people have disappeared in Rio in only two decades. More than half are minors.
oR9mL TIL despite what cartoons might depict, not a single kind of tortoise or turtle can leave their shell. It's shell is fused to the turtles rib cage and spine, any kind of removal would be certain death to the animal.
WkdvB TIL researchers have mapped the genome of the Indian cobra (Naja naja). They found 12,000 genes expressed in the venom glands; of these, 139 help create toxins, and a subset of 19 genes cause paralysis/nausea/internal bleeding. It forms the platform to synthesize an ideal antidote to the cobra bite.
pXwG TIL that Pornhub, YouPorn, Tube8, XTube, RedTube, GayTube, SpankWire, Brazzers, Reality Kings, Twistys, Digital Playground, Men, Mofos, MyDirtyHobby, and Playboy are all owned by the same company MindGeek.