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TIL there is a company that has developed bacteria that directly and continuously converts CO2 + sunlight into diesel fuel. For under $50/barrel.

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4Rbg TIL that Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a criminal defendant by using an almanac to challenge a man’s assertion that he saw the murderer “By the light of the moon.”
Bg6vb TIL that in Sweden you have a constitutional right to allemansrätten, which is the right to peacefully hike, camp, bike and enjoy nature anywhere in the country unimpeded, with the only restriction being very close to someone's house or if you mess up a garden.
LbBV TIL In 2009 researchers performed DNA tests on a skull Soviet officials had longed believed to be the only remains of Hitler. The tests revealed that the skull was actually that of a woman less than 40 years old. There is still no confirmed story on Hitler’s death.
8aewX TIL Homer's The Illiad and The Odyssey has no mentions of the colour Blue because the word for it didn't exist at that time
lAnG TIL actor Peter Capaldi, as Doctor Who, made a video for an autistic 9-yr-old boy grieving the death of his grandmother. The boy’s father said that it had a positive effect: the boy smiled for the first time since learning of his grandmother’s death, and gained the courage to go to her funeral.