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TIL extraterrestrial life could be found in our lifetime through the detection of biosignature gases.

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9YjkM TIL Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on a true story of ed gein, he would dig up bodies from graves and would make furniture out of their skin and would make anything out of their body parts.
K5P4 TIL The original Bramley apple tree planted in 1809, from which ALL Bramley apples trees are cloned, is still alive, but dying from a fungal infection.
p8PXe TIL cockroaches are attracted to chemicals emanated from our ears and they can crawl in there and lay eggs.
pYExA Today I learned that everything I'd heard or read about the Mid-Atlantic/Transatlantic accent (old accent from old films) was wrong. It had nothing to do with "broad appeal" to Brits and Americans, and it wasn't a standardized taught accent
8a5mb TIL that vegetable oil can be used to power cars with a diesel engine.