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

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78EBO TIL that Von Gammon's death from a head injury while playing football almost led to the State of Georgia banning football. The state legislature had passed a bill that would've banned football and it was only when Gammon's mother intervened that the Governor vetoed the bill.
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