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TIL scientists used AI to design brand new antibiotics that cured MRSA in mice, and researchers also found a totally new class of antibiotics from soil (lariocidin) the first in decades. Both could help fight drug-resistant superbugs

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oBkeL TIL that Stephen King's character Pennywise the Dancing Clown made his television debut in 1990 and the reboot (IT, 2017) took place exactly 27 years apart, which exactly follows the 27 year appearance cycle of Pennywise referenced in his book IT.
NXo1e TIL that in the 16th century, Spain discovered a mountain of almost pure silver in Bolivia (Potosí). They mined so much of it that they accidentally caused massive hyperinflation across Europe, making their own currency worthless and bankrupting the Spanish Empire multiple times.
1an6P TIL that Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler scheduled a meeting over tea in 1932. Hitler stood Churchill up, rescheduled, and stood him up again.
NX6re TIL that the Boiling Frog Apologue (A frog will jump out of boiling water but not tepid water being graddually heated) is based on a 19th century experiment on dead frogs. Living frogs will jump out of water that becomes too hot, and immediately die if placed in boiling water.
AOgw TIL in 2001, the heir to the Nepalese throne killed the entire royal family before turning the gun on himself.