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TIL you can actually donate your voice to help people with speech impairments so they can select a vocal identity of their own

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e0EO5 TIL, A man with severe OCD and a phobia of germs attempted to commit suicide with a gun to his head. Instead of killing him, the bullet eliminated his mental illness without any other damage.
x66Oo TIL Ghost ships, ships found abandoned with no sign of the crew, still occur even with modern methods of rescue, safety and communication. The last recorded ship to be found with no sign of life was in January 2021
ADYKx TIL pine trees scatter their needles across the forest floor to make it easier for fires to burn all of the other trees - pine is fire resistant so it survives.
E1d9X TIL Rage Against the Machine unsuccessfully sued the State Department for using their song "Killing in the name of" in torture methods at Guantanamo Bay.
yQo7e Today I learned of the slow loris, the only poisonous primate in existence. It's toxin can kill a human, and may have evolved from trying to mimic a cobra.