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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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rNYVW TIL that the Large Hadron Collider had so many unusual failures that noted physicists submitted papers with the notion that its operation is so abhorrent that it was being sabotaged....by someone from the future.
R7MJw TIL the chocolate milk was invented by Irishman Hans Sloane in the 1680s when he was in Jamaica. He found the locals' mix of chocolate and water nauseating and used milk instead. He then brought chocolate milk to Europe where it was sold as medicine.
0dZQN TIL: The New Testament in the Bible was originally written in Greek
Oox9e TIL: There is a second Jewish territory in the world in addition to Israel: the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, a small part of Russia in the far south-east near Japan/China/North Korea
B6ek TIL the Back To The Future producers regretted ending the first film with Jennifer in the car, because it required them to come up with a story that fit her in rather than a whole new adventure