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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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R7ye6 TIL when Sassanid (Iranian) king Hormizd II died, his oldest son reigned for a few months, and was killed by the empire's nobles, who then blinded the second son, and imprisoned the third son. The crown was placed upon the pregnant queen's womb, crowning the unborn son, who later ruled for 70 years
J1Lbm TIL that the longest chess game in history took over 20 hours to complete and ended in a draw.
b61d7 TIL Frederick Forsyth spent six months reporting on the Nigerian Civil War for BBC. He asked to continue covering the war, and BBC refused. So Forsyth quit and covered the war freelance for two years, during which time he claims to have been an MI6 informant.
VBYQD TIL that Nazi Germany lost more soldiers in the battle of Stalingrad than they did on the entire Western Front
j6wMR TIL: A "huge" stash of porn was found in Osama bin Laden's bedroom after his death