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TIL that “miraculous”appearances of bloody eucharist in the middle ages were actually result of growth of a pinkish-reddish bacteria called Serratia marcescens

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DQ5xj TIL that there is a species of bison native to Europe. The European Bison is the largest land animal in Europe, is a national animal of Poland, and whose populations were driven to extinction in most of Europe and Asia in late antiquity.
nePN9 TIL from which types of cosmic events elements come from
xVK17 TIL That after the release of Saving Private Ryan, the VA set up a hotline for WW2 veterans traumatized by the film
Xy6R TIL that in Argentina, orangutans are granted human-like rights
DBWv TIL General Motors would not sell Cadillac cars to African Americans. Cadillac sales increased 70% right after one middle-manager got the racist policy dropped.