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TIL: Enshittification is when online platforms optimize the user-experience for their customers; then once they have a following, they alter the platform to claw back all the value for themselves.

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NXYYP TIL that the earlier dominance of boxer Roy Jones Jr counted against him late in his boxing career against Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe cut Jones Jr and because Jones’s corner team had never witnessed this before, they were unable to handle it effectively, leaving Jones covered in blood.
X00bj TIL peanut butter can glow in the dark. Due to its phenolic compounds, the protective agents found in plant-based foods, that absorb light in the ultra-violet spectrum and glow in the dark.
4V9J TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional character Smaug has a ‘conservattive,’ estimated net worth of 61 billion.
JYMxV TIL that Tutankhamun's mummy contains oldest known genetic proof of malaria.
PYLDE TIL elephants can tell the difference between human ethnicities, ages, and sexes by sound alone, even when the voices are digitally distorted.