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TIL of Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) or "Stoneman disease", an extremely rare genetic condition where the body replaces damaged tissue with bone.

TIL that TIL is here baby!!!!

TIL of ventilation shutdown, a mass killing method. Circulation is stopped leading to heatstroke and suffocation after multiple hours in high heat. Known recordings for pigs show sustained screaming

TIL blobfish do not look like that famous picture

TIL it's not understood how exactly ginger root works; it just does

TIL that the library Biblioteca Joanina in Coimbra, Portugal is home to a swarm of bats that feed on book-eating insects.

TIL that George Steinbrenner on Seinfeld was always voiced by Larry David, even though he was played by different actors.

TIL blast fishing is a practice that uses explosives to stun and kill schools of fish. It destroys the surrounding ecosystems such as coral reefs and often injuries fisherman

TIL The largest snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide

TIL how to fetch communities from other instances so that I can subscribe from my own instance.

TIL that cochineal extract, also known as carmine or Natural Red 4 is a food dye made from crushed up bugs.

TIL there have been no cases of strangers poisoning children's halloween candy in real life. The one time a child did die from poisoned halloween candy, their father was responsible.

TIL that the film which helped give rise to the popular misconception, that Lemmings commit mass suicide by jumping off cliffs and into the ocean, was a 1958 nature "documentary" by Walt Disney.

TIL of eyestalk ablation where female shrimp eyes are removed to speed up development of mature ovaries. It's used in nearly every commercial shrimp reproduction facility, usually without anesthetic

Every Sikh shrine has a religiously sanctioned moral and humanitarian obligation to serve food

Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic comes from Cambodia. Here’s why

TIL there's open and thriving alternative to Apple's M1 chip-building technique. It's also insanely fast and energy efficient. It's RISC-V

Donald Duck's nephews have different names in other countries

In the 18th century they hired "ornamental hermits", they dressed as druids and lived in a garden

TIL: Elephants have a religion of moon-worship.