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TIL the idea that house dust is mostly composed of dead skin is a complete myth

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J1L7v TIL Jack Nicholson grew up believing his grandmother was his mother, and his birth mother, June, was his sister. He only discovered the truth when he was 37 years old. The secret was kept until a Time magazine reporter uncovered it while researching Nicholson's life story.
yVV6a TIL about the Demon Core, a spherical 6.2 kg. mass of plutonium intented to be a third nuclear weapon against Japan. After Japan surrended, it was kept in the US where it caused the death of two Nuclear Physicists.
QlEL TIL 9 people have died of laughter
KYWMR TIL the Chinese yuan, Japanese yen and South Korean won are all synonyms (圓, "round")
QOap TIL that polar bears often hunt walruses by simply charging at a group of them and eating the ones that were crushed or wounded in the mass panic to escape. Direct attacks are rare.