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TIL A giant virus has been discovered with its own immune system. French scientists found these giant virus defence mechanisms work in a similar way to the CRISPR-Cas system, whereby the virus learns to recognise invaders, capture their genetic material and use this information to destroy them.

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yVGrM TIL that if you like your coffee with milk, it will be warmer if you put the cold milk in it right away and wait for 15 minutes, than if you wait for 15 minutes first then put the milk in it.
KYZo9 TIL that the youngest American to serve in the military in WW2 was Calvin Graham, age 12. He served in the US Navy and fought at Guadalcanal, was awarded 8 medals which were subsequently stripped when his mother saw him on a news reel and told the Navy his real age.
vynr TIL in 2002 the United States ran a war game, called Millennium Challenge, simulating a conflict in the Middle East in which the U.S. lost decisively. The game was reset and played out based on a script that ensured U.S. victory.
X0EaD TIL that the Guinness World Records title for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive is held by nonuplets from Mali. There are only two other recorded cases of nonuplets in the world ever, in Australia (1971) and in Malaysia (1999), which all the babies died.
LQrx0 TIL before joining the Ramones, Joey Ramone went by the stage name "Jeff Starship." He used the name from 1972 until 1974, the same year Jefferson Airplane changed its name to Jefferson Starship.