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TIL motion sensor data (accessible without user permission in iOS and Android) can reveal your health condition, body features, age, sex, emotional state, biometric identity, driving style, smoking behaviour, intoxication, text typed on the touchscreen, and location — even when GPS is disabled.

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oRYxK TIL that scientists have successfully revived microscopic animals called bdelloid rotifers that were frozen in Siberian permafrost for 24,000 years.
78lA7 TIL that the culpeo, a South American fox species, was domesticated by the Selk'nam people of Tierra del Fuego, resulting in the "Fuegian dog". However, the Fuegian dog became extinct in the late 19th or early 20th century as a result of the genocide the Selk'nam people.
p8E04 TIL: Flamingos bend their legs at the ankle, not the knee
BrpvL TIL in 2002, a British woman was so annoyed by Jehovah Witnesses repeatedly knocking on her door, she waited until they were holding a service, then started pounding on the front doors of their church. Then, she tried to get them to change religions. After about a half-hour, she was forced to leave
jNV0Q TIL that scientists can remote-control rats by implanting electrodes in their brains, such that they get a rush of pleasure when they obey sent commands. Scientists can make them turn left or right, even climb objects. They are not forced to obey, they just want to because of the pleasure reward.