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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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l7PrN Today I Learned that Billard balls used to explode often because they were made of celluloid.
9Yn4M TIL The UK has an Alarming 50% Higher Death per 100k rate Than The US!!!
X5pD TIL in the movie “Deja Vu”, Denzel Washington’s character had to have already gone back in time at least once before the start of the movie for all of the plot elements to make sense.
Yl1B TIL Squirrels forget where they’ve hidden 50% of the nuts they bury resulting in the growth of thousands of trees annually
QNr5E TIL that Ethiopia has a unique calendar which is 7-8 years behind the rest of the world. The current year in Ethiopia is 2017.