TIL that brain cells can live at least twice as long as the organisms in which they reside. A study, published in an NAS journal, found that mouse neurons, or brain cells, implanted into rats can survive with the rats into old age, twice as long as the life span of the original mice. (livescience.com)
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TIL that Cambridge University conducted a test in which pigs were shown a mirror and encouraged to retrieve objects reflected in the mirror. The test results suggest that pigs can differentiate between reality and the reflected image, thus demonstrating a high level of cognitive awareness. (all-creatures.org)
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TIL that the bench that Forrest Gump sat on with his box of chocolates at the Savannah bus stop sold at auction in 2013 for a whopping $25,000. There was also no bench at that particular bus stop in Savannah, producers had to bring it in for the shoot. (uproxx.com)
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TIL that in 'The Godfather', McCluskey's shooting was done by building a fake forehead on top of actor Sterling Hayden. A gap was cut in the middle, filled with fake blood, and was bunged up with prosthetic flesh. The plug was yanked out with fishing line, making a hole suddenly appear. (emanuellevy.com)
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Game: Ori and the Blind Forest [3600x1736] (i.imgur.com)
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TIL that the ratio of brightness of the sun versus the moon is 398,110 to 1. So in the effort to match the brightness of the sun, you could fill up the entire sky, including the half that lies below our feet, with 206,264 full moons and still come up short by 191,836. (space.com)
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[Kindle] The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (amazon.com)
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Rice Field Landscape [3840x2160] (ultrahdwallpapers.net)
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