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TIL that scientists actually REVERSED ageing in mice

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e4M4 TIL 40,000 Vikings with 700 ships besieged Paris in 885 AD but could not take it and gave up, thanks to the defensive efforts of King Charles the Fat and his Warrior Bishop
X8Yr TIL 80% of all marriages in history are between second cousins or closer
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