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TIL there are parasitic red algae that inject a copy of their nucleus into another algae, hijacking the cellular machinery of the host cell

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e1kb TIL OJ Simpson’s father was a gay drag queen who died of AIDS
Oo0Me TIL "Kevinism" is a trend in Germany where parents give their children exotic sounding names which makes them a victim of ridicule. Especially someone called Kevin is perceived as "a particularly intellectually-challenged young person".
BaxK TIL; A typical adult human brain runs on around 12 watts—a fifth of the power required by a standard 60 watt lightbulb.
aXZb TIL that people lived in caves in Scotland until 100 years ago when it was outlawed
oBPQo TIL of "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome" in which patients have visual hallucinations in which they see objects around them distorted in size and shape. Lewis Carroll is thought to have suffered from it while he wrote his novels.