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TIL There are organisms that live off of acidic mine drainage, including at a highly toxic Superfund site.

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nxpo TIL There was a war between El Salvador and Honduras derived from a soccer match.
KlZE TIL A Canadian genius that specialized in ballistics was designing a super cannon to cheaply shoot objects into orbit. Canada and the United States cancelled the joint project. While devastated that his dream would never be seen, he was approached by another financial backer: Saddam Hussein.
K1la TIL that in 1906 when Dr. Alois Alzheimer presented his groundbreaking research on the disease which would later be known as Alzheimer’s Disease, the audience asked zero questions and made zero comments because they simply wanted to hear the next lecture (which was about compulsive masturbation)
GgOQ TIL Neil Patrick Harris auditioned to play the role of Dr. Simon Tam on the TV show Firefly.
vVl8 TIL Samsung just launched the largest ship in the world. It is 12 times larger than the Titanic.