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TIL, scientists successfully used E coli and Glucose to create a renewable Propane Gas.

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E1MJV TIL there are many more than just 8 blood types. There are about 33 known at the moment. In the future we may even have more!
oRN8W TIL that oral health is linked with overall quality of life. Studies show that as periodontal disease progresses, heart and mental health deteriorates.
njRd TIL Less than 18% of fathers receive custody of their child after a divorce.
4kNYR TIL of Charles Upham who received the Victoria Cross twice in WWII. He is one of only 3 people to have received the award twice and the only combat soldier to ever have done so.
99dm TIL Glasgow Ice Cream Wars were turf wars in Scotland in 1980 between rival criminal Organisations selling drugs and stolen goods in ice cream vans.