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TIL Hulk Hogan Helped Prevent Jesse Ventura From Starting A Wrestlers Union

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oyZo TIL that the mitochondria in our cells, which generate energy, are ancient bacteria that had a symbiotic relationship with other single cell organisms and developed around 1.5 billion years ago
PKlE TIL that the reason flies are so hard to swat because they have 360 degree vision. They can detect where a hand/swatter is coming from, and position themselves to optimally fly away in the opposite direction.
pYyO4 TIL - Computers were people (mostly women) up until WWII. Teams of people, often women from the late nineteenth century onwards, were used to undertake long and often tedious calculations.
49VJ TIL Ted Nugent shit his pants and quit bathing to avoid the draft
ldJA TIL there’s a town in Norway (Rjukan) that’s in shadow for three full months of the year. As a result, townspeople have built giant mirrors on the mountainside to reflect natural light on their homes.