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TIL: There are two cities on the USA/Mexico border named Calexico and Mexicali

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Oo9KY TIL a moth species has evolved to live in sloth fur. The moths use sloth dung to incubate their eggs and when they hatch, the moths fly back into a sloth's fur, completing the cycle. When the moths die, their corpses fertilize moss growing in the sloth's fur, which provide camouflage and...nutrition
wL7W1 TIL Myostatin is a protein produced in the human body that inhibits muscle growth. People with myostatin deficiency have twice the muscle mass of the average human and usually more muscle strength. Strongman Eddie Hall has myostatin deficiency
5YeKk TIL that 1 in every 160 New Zealanders was part of the production of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy
VMdRp TIL a Cornell University study found that social media "Likes" are less likely to affect the self-esteem of people with a sense of purpose (defined as ongoing motivation that is self-directed, oriented toward the future and beneficial to others).
mxrkP TIL Nam June Paik, considered the founder of video art, is credited with the first use of the term "electronic super highway" in 1974 to describe the future of telecommunications