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TIL that there are multiple animals out there capable of generating new neurons even as adults.

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mx99v TIL there is a proposal by the Berlin state sport association for a joint Berlin-Tel Aviv summer Olympics in 2036, 100 years after the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Nazi Germany.
yQwba TIL that the manual alphabet for sign language was created by a Spanish Benedictine monk named Pedro Ponce de León in the 16th century as a pushback against the ‘Deaf are dumb’ prejudice that began during the Renaissance
XE05r “Screw you Apple, where the goddamn hell is my middle finger emoji?” can soon be conveyed in far fewer characters, thanks to the middle finger emoji that’s coming to your iPhone. But why did it take so long? Here’s how those middle fingers—and all emoji—make their way to your screens.
x6aQb TIL Stan Jones, an unsuccessful libertarian candidate for Montana Governor and Senate, turned himself blue from drinking colloidal silver in preparation for Y2K
8avlV TIL the only non-military dog to be awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery, was a collie named Sheila. In 1944 she tracked down 4 injured US airmen on a mountain during a blizzard, after their B-17 crashed. She led locals to their location, who evacuated them before the bombs detonated shorty after.