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TIL some fish and crab are “immortal”, e.i. they never die of old age, as enzymes in their cells repair can repair their DNA indefinitely.

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OG9me TIL: Sigmund Freud was initially a hypnotist and used his now-famous couch for hypnosis sessions. He continued using it for psychoanalysis, in part so people wouldn’t stare at him for eight hours a day
OoWm4 TIL that Lawrence Public Library in Kansas has one of the biggest collection of videogames in the libraries'world, from PS3/X360 till next gen. Users can loan them and play at home for free and they also send them to other US libraries with Interlibrary Loan service.
rNJKM TIL of mondegreens, a mishearing of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. The national anthem of the U.S. is highly susceptible to the creation of mondegreens, as "O say can you see" has been misinterpreted as "José, can you see", and "by the dawn's early light" as "by the donzerly light"
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