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TIL of Cosquer cave art: 27000 y.o. cave art accessible only through 175m long submerged tunnel with entrance 37m below sea level

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5j0n TIL that without enzymes it would take about 1 millions years for our body to extract energy from ATP
Ypdn7 TIL that in the 2008 United States Senate Election in Montana, the incumbent Democratic Senator Max Baucus won every county in the state, perhaps due to his Republican opponent's unothadox political views, being perhaps the only Republican candidate that year who was more liberal than his opponent
oBlGR TIL Re:Scam.org, an AI email bot that will respond to phishing scammers realistically to waste their time and hopefully reduce the number of scams they can perform on others.
X0XpX TIL about Boontling, a hyper-localized jargon/lingo. Originating solely in the small Northern California community of Boonville during the 1890's, the argot (secret slang) has less than 100 speakers today.
VB1pB TIL that there is a rare medical condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome, where a person's accent changes as a result of brain damage or injury. This condition has affected people all over the world, causing them to suddenly speak with a different accent than they've never had before.