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TIL that when placed on maps using food sources as cities, slime molds have almost perfectly replicated major train systems in Europe, the USA, Tokyo, and Canada.

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A11o TIL “Run” is the word with the most different meanings. The verb-form alone has no fewer than 645 meanings and Peter Gilliver worked for more than nine months to work out all of them.
NM1b TIL Student debt in America now exceeds $1 Trillion.. that is even greater than the nation’s credit card debt!
9wNBM TIL Birds have one important part of its digestive system, which is known as the gizzard - the primary purpose being to grind the foods that the bird has eaten.
bA8p TIL the act of self-mastery of a subject without teachers is called autodidacticism
e0vwJ TIL that the term “starboard” comes from old boats where their “board” for “steering” was on the right. This meant they always docked on the left, or “port” side. Aviation borrows from maritime; so this is why you almost always board an airplane from the left side doors.