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TIL Moles are our body’s mechanism to stop cells from becoming cancerous tumors.

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OGVVY TIL A jew’s harp is a single reed instrument of an Asian origin and has nothing to do with the Jewish culture. The reed produces a fundamental note, other notes produced by a player by altering the shape of mouth using tongue.
lowva TIL that when The Simpsons is dubbed into Spanish, they use the same voice actor for Sideshow Bob as Frasier uses for Frasier Crane when it's dubbed into Spanish.
b6Dn7 TIL there was an Egyptian Pharaoh referred to as "Hudjefa" on ancient lists of pharaohs. Modern historians have realized this was not actually his name, and instead means "erased" in Ancient Egyptian. His real name was lost in ancient times.
8e9yP TIL about a successful professional fisherman born without legs or hands, and uses no prosthetics (video in comments)
ANRKa TIL Amanita phalloides (also known as death cap) is the most poisonous of all known mushrooms. It is estimated that as little as half a mushroom contains enough toxin to kill an adult human. It is also the deadliest mushroom worldwide, responsible for 90% of mushroom-related fatalities every year.