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TIL saying the same word over and over until it loses it’s meaning is a real thing called semantic satiation

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Oowxg TIL a contortionist committed a series of thefts by hiding inside a suitcase underneath an airport shuttle bus, searching for valuables, and returning to the suitcase with them. A victim became suspicious after the man's accomplice rushed for the suitcase and proceeded to have a conversation with it
ggy4 TIL Biotech firm Pembient has managed to 3-D print fake rhino horns that are genetically identical knock offs. The company plans to flood Chinese rhino horn market at one-eighth of the price of the original, undercutting the price poachers can get and forcing them out eventually.
JXpv TIL Maj Donnie Dunagan served three tours in Vietnam, earned a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts, was promoted a record 13 times in 21 years…and was the voice of Bambi
vPyZL TIL "corn smut" is a food, and apparently tasty if you're a mushroom person.
4XnaN TIL coffee cups and many other items with a "recycling" symbol can't actually be recycled (and what can be recycled varies depending on where you live)