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TIL Scientists have discovered that the gut-infecting bacterium C. diff is evolving into two separate species, one group highly adapted to spread in hospitals. Researchers identified changes that allow it to thrive on a Western sugar-rich diet, evade common hospital disinfectants and spread easily.

kJlJd TIL Matthew Shepard had a sexual history with one of his killers.
jN1mj TIL the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it
7rVWO TIL the part of Babe was played by 48 real pigs and one pig robot.
oBePE TIL That the famous "Bassline" of Seven Nation Army, by The White Stripes, is played by a guitar. And the band didn't even have a bass player.
695yJ TIL that there was a radioactive toothpaste on the market in Germany prior to WWII.