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todayilearned
May 31, 2020
TIL There’s a newly discovered Pygmy Seahorse Species called Hippocampus Nalu—nalu referring to “here it is” since it was known to locals prior to its scientific discovery
africa
animals
baby animals
cool finds
discoveries
endangered species
new research
oceans
weird animals
todayilearned
May 18, 2020
TIL grad students in the Netherlands have created lab-grown venom glands from 9 species of snake embryos: 1mm long white blobs that produced venom in a petri dish. It paves the way for creating antivenom without milking adult snakes for venom and without injecting into a horse to produce antibodies.
animals
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health
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reptiles
snakes
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todayilearned
Apr 14, 2020
TIL that the females of most bird species only have one functioning ovary (the left one). The right one exists, but does not develop fully and is non-functional. This is probably an adaptation to reduce body weight for flight.
animals
cool finds
new research
todayilearned
Apr 03, 2020
TIL that some dolphins form boy bands to that sing together to attract females and these "bands" can stick together for decades
cool finds
dolphins
music
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reproduction
songs
todayilearned
Dec 08, 2019
TIL Great White Sharks Are Completely Terrified of Orcas. A new study shows the apex predators will flee their hunting grounds and won’t return for up to a year when killer whales pass by.
animals
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oceans
pacific ocean
seals
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water
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todayilearned
Dec 07, 2019
TIL that Orcas are the supreme predators in the ocean and Great White Sharks are terrified of them
animals
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pacific ocean
seals
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todayilearned
Sep 14, 2019
TIL the common fitness target of 10,000 steps/day came from a Japanese pedometer company who gave their product a name that means "the 10,000-step meter” because the Japanese character for “10,000” resembles a person walking: 万. There is no known science behind a goal of 10,000 steps
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000-step standard
10
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american heart association
americans
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basic guidelines
big challenge
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daily goal
elderly american women
elderly patients
elderly women.read
ennui of the fitbiti-min lee
healthy person.in
human health
japanese company
japanese researchers
journal of the american medical association
lead author of a new study
least active women
lindsay wilson
little extra physical activity
media want cut
miles of walking
modest increase
mortality rates
new research
nuanced picture of the value of physical activity
nyu college of global public health
overall health
particular number
past decade
people
persistent myths of american health
physical activity
popular activity trackers
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professor of epidemiology
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