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TIL the pickled ginger served with most sushi is meant to cleanse your palate between different pieces and can be offensive to the chef if used as a topping.

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AX74 TIL there’s a species of bacteria so resistant to radiation that scientists have nicknamed it “Conan the Bacterium”
XEp9E TIL: Brain study shows structural differences in people with gender dysphoria: brain activity of transgender people closely resembles that of the gender they want to embrace.
8aEmP TIL the line “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain” delivered by replicant Roy as he neared the end of his life in pthe movie Blade Runner, were improvised by actor Rutger Hauer.
4kpdb TIL that on 9/11 United Airlines Flight 175 had a near midair collision with Delta Air Lines Flight 2315 flying from Hartford to Tampa, reportedly missing the plane by only 200 feet (60 m)
E1NPx TIL That nematode, the simplest worm, despite having only 302 neurons that were comprehensively mapped and researched, still exhibits a complex range of behavior, emergence of which is still not well understood. Even the basic movement can't be fully explained.