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TIL of streaking, a mechanical technique used to isolate a pure strain from a single species of microorganism

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lXQ5 TIL that a woman died at her own funeral from a heart attack caused by shock when she woke up and saw that she was in a coffin about to be buried alive.
EbOx TIL that George R.R. Martin had his GOT dragons have only two legs and a pair of wings instead of the traditional four legs and wings because he found it “more scientifically accurate”.
oRNoE TIL that Waffen SS was finished off by the Free North Vietnamese Army. The French recruited the Elite Waffen SS for the battle of Dien Bien Phu and their Indochina Conflict post WW2
R5MGQ TIL that satellites in geosynchronous orbit generally retain a spacing of at least 73 km's from one another.
AN7rg TIL Sassafras the main ingredient to Sarsaparilla and Gumbo File', the roots and bark of the sassafras tree contain a high concentration of the chemical safrole. Safrole was judged a carcinogen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after testing it on rats in 1960.