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TIL scientists revived 400-year-old frozen mosses recovered from melting glaciers in Canadian Arctic

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0dmop TIL that music, including the theme, from "Little House on the Prairie" can be heard in the "Bonanza" episode titled "Stallion"
WknaX TIL Juvena Huang, a 20 something girl, rode from Singapore to Czech republic on her Vespa Scooter covering 44,000km, 25 countries in 27 months. She took this journey in memory of a friend who had inspired her to ride bikes and had later passed away. Truly an inspirational story.
KxX9 TIL that Euro bills feature bridges that represent European architecture through history. The bridges were originally fictitious to avoid favoritism within the EU, but a Dutch architect built them anyways in the Netherlands.
Kea9 TIL bridges can be made from the roots of living trees. These Root Bridges takes at least 15 years to build, but is automatically strengthened over time and can last centuries.
4X4BR TIL that Poles (Polish people) once held the strong belief that they were the descendants of an old Iranian tribe