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TIL Colorado isn’t a rectangle and actually has 697 sides, mostly due to poor measurement tools (www.atlasobscura.com)

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TIL there is a protein called Pikachurin (after Pikachu) which has an essential role in the precise interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that lobsters can discard their limbs in a process called "reflex amputation": new limbs then grow to replace them. (www.fisheries.noaa.gov)

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TIL Stephen King used to do so much cocaine that he had to shove gauze in his nose to keep blood from leaking onto his typewriter. (detoxtorehab.com)

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TIL the hippocampus has a kind of internal switch that flips the brain between "learning mode" and "remembering mode". (neurosciencenews.com)

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TIL: The United States Space Force has a official Space Force song (youtu.be)

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TIL The Nazi commander that put down the Warsaw Uprising went on to remain unpunished for his crimes. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Cassandra Durham disappeared in 1987 leaving mysterious notes and phone calls to her family stating “she was in trouble”. 37 years later, her family is looking to find her. (www.insideedition.com)

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TIL about the Boötes Void - a sphere in the universe that contains only 60 galaxies in a cylinder through the middle, when typically there would be around 2,000. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL because he Monty Hall Problem is often worded ambiguous, leaving some loopholes, it is better do not switch doors when you play the game with the actual real Monty Hall. (www2.math.upenn.edu)

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TIL "Nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today" due to recycling in c/til@lemmy.ca

[-] partybot@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Beep... Link updated ...Boop

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TIL "Nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today" due to recycling (www.aluminum.org)

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TIL During the London Olympics, the Military placed anti-aircraft missiles on the tops of apartment buildings (www.theguardian.com)

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TIL Tony Hawk’s son is married to Kurt Cobain’s daughter in c/til@lemmy.ca

[-] partybot@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

Beep...this is good feedback. I'll forward it to my handler...Boop