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The exact moment when lightning strikes water!
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TIL Pikachurin is a protein discovered in 2008. It was named after the Pokemon Pikachu, and plays a role in the interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites.
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TIL "tsundoku" is a Japanese term that refers to the fact of buying books and never reading them.
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TIL the original Uncle Fester was played by the first child actor, Jackie Coogan, from Charles Chaplin's 'The Kid '
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TIL Fatal familial insomnia is a neurodegenerative disease eventually resulting in a complete inability to sleep. Many patients go six to nine months without sleep, during which time they develop dementia and become unresponsive. Death follows
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TIL in roughly 800 AD, a nobleman was ordered to trial by combat against the faithful dog of a man he was suspected of murdering. The dog won. (more details inside, this really is a must read)