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TIL that the human body contains more bacterial cells than human cells.

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5YGrP TIL of Alcibiades, an ancient greek general who'd served not one, not two, but three nations during the Peloponnesian War. After being exiled from Athens by his enemies, he played a pivotal role in their downfall whilst serving Sparta, and vice versa when he served Athens again until he got exiled.
b1d0 TIL; There are still several locations in the US that ban the sale/consumption of alcohol. All dating back to the Prohibition.
mxBQM TIL a computer virus discovered in 1991 was named the Michelangelo virus by researchers due to its time bomb feature activating the virus on March 6 of any year, a date that happened to coincide with the birth of Renaissance artist Michelangelo.
x67go TIL that in Aberfan Scotland on October 21 1966, an avalanche of coal waste rolled down a mountain and demolished an elementary school and town. Of the 144 people killed, 116 were children between 7-10 years old.
LQOD0 TIL that Neil Young's Southern Man briefly plays in the background of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama when they mention him (at about 0:54)