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TIL The word "robot" comes from an old Slavic word, robota, meaning "forced labor".

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5VMLR TIL about the RNA world hypothesis, according to which the many key roles of RNA in protein synthesis, such as the ribozyme nature of the peptidyl transferase activity of the ribosome, suggest that RNA evolved as an informational biopolymer before proteins and even before DNA.
Brejb Today I learned that It was actually Andy Sambrg who was Eric andre's echokinetor in this episode
0dkny TIL different kinds of tea (black, green, white, oolong) come from the same plant. The only difference is in how the leaves are processed.
lE0N TIL that Thomas Harris based his character Hannibal Lecter on a real person, a doctor who murdered and dismembered his victims and treated patients while in prison. He spent nearly 40 years in prison before being released in 2000. He went back to practicing medicine.
mmwp TIL during the Vietnam War Jane Fonda called American POW’s “hypocrits and liars” and believed they weren’t being subject to torture and inhuman treatment.