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TIL a Harvard study showed how intermittent fasting may increase lifespan by manipulating mitochondrial networks in the body.

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EgPNW TIL: Nepal's ruling party is a communist party; and they have three different versions of the communist party (including one in opposition); and also the coalition government has only 38 out of 275 seats in the Parliament.
0dbQj TIL Male Sea-Monkeys have long arms and will fight over females, but if one dies the winner must remain attached to the corpse for the rest of its life and is then unable to mate anyway.
JE5m TIL Buzz Aldrin “McGuyverd” a broken circuit breaker on the Apollo 11 lander with a felt-tip pen, without which Aldrin and Armstrong would have died on the moon
dBZd TIL Private prisons keep prisoners incarcerated longer for the same crimes
5VykP TIL some bricks have indentations called “frogs,” which reduce their weight and provide a key for mortar, enhancing the bond between bricks.