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TIL about a type of jellyfish that is immortal!

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Zpeyp TIL of ray cat, a proposed kind of cat that would be genetically engineered to glow in the presence of nuclear radiation to act as a long-term nuclear warning. This is done by inventing traditions of folklore which spread the idea that people should flee when a cat changes color
yVe4J TIL Japan has a 'wind phone'. An unconnected phone booth where grieving relatives go to 'talk' to their lost loved ones. Opened after the 2011 Fukushima earthquake/tsunami, it has seen over 30,000 visitors.
R5kE1 TIL “Fiddler on the Roof” is a smash hit in Japan, with hundreds of revivals since 1967. A Japanese producer wondered whether American audiences understood the play, “because it’s so Japanese.”
dOeZ TIL NetZero the 90’s free internet provider, is still in business with 750,000 subscribers still using dial-up.
9YLBG TIL the Virgin Mary is mentioned more times in the Quran than in the entirety of the Bible.