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The horse hair worm controls the praying mantis through molecular mimicry fueled by “stolen genes”

The parasite acquired thousands of genes directly from its host through horizontal gene transfer. When the worm matures it activates these genes to mass produce proteins to mimic the mantis’s own signals.

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Wisdom teeth are weird 🦷😨

Wisdom teeth are the last set of molars to emerge, typically appearing between the ages of 17-25.

Wisdom teeth removal is a common outpatient surgical procedure performed by a dentist or oral surgeon.

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This looks like an ordinary family photo from 1902… until you realize it contains four Nobel Prizes

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"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."

- Steve Jobs

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“You ask me if an ordinary person by studying hard would get to be able to imagine these things like I imagine. Of course.

...I was an ordinary person who studied hard. There's no miracle people.”

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This man has herpes zoster (shingles), a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus responsible for chicken pox.

It triggers a highly painful skin rash or fluid filled blisters.

When a person a person catches the varicella-zoster virus for the first time it causes chicken pox. After the chicken clears up the virus does not actually leave the body. Later in life the virus can suddenly wake up and travel along the nerve pathways to the skin and break out as painful shingles.

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The man who accidentally discovered Phosphorus while searching for the “Philosopher’s Stone” - Henning Brand

The German Alchemist Hennig Brand tried to find the mythical Philosopher’s Stone (a substance which was believed to transmute base metals into gold) by boiling down dozens of gallons of human urine. Instead of turning base into gold, he isolated a glowing waxy white substance that burned brilliantly in the dark. He named it Phosphorus meaning “Bearer of Light”, marking the first time a chemical element was scientifically discovered by named individual.

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“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”

- Stephen Hawking