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TIL, in Norse mythology the “corpse witch” Hela is actually Loki’s daughter

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Zp90R TIL that despite the second X chromosome being thought of as totally inactivated in XX cells, ~15% of genes escape silencing. These same genes are present on the Y chromosome, ensuring they are always bi-allelically expressed.
QNPZM TIL that Michael Giacchino wrote the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story score in 4 weeks
m1mlO TIL that Johnny Cash was a spokesperson for a bank and as part of the promotion they renamed their ATMs as 'Johnny Cash Machines'
Z8NAv TIL Cuba suffered a mysterious blindness epidemic which baffled their doctors, in the 90s. A US doctor found it was in part due to bad diet & vitamin deficiency. Then, meeting a sufferer who admitted to drinking moonshine, he realised it was also due to alcohol contaminated with methanol
QNEG9 TIL a survey in 2021 found 36% of all Americans- including 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children - feel “serious loneliness.” Loneliness has increased substantially since the outbreak of the global pandemic.