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

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w68P TIL Beer Labels In The United States Are Approved Or Rejected By A Single Bureaucrat, Kent “Battle” Martin, Who Has Been Called The “Beer Bottle Dictator”
Z8NQo TIL AJ Jacobs embarked on a quest to read the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica and was a contestant on "Millionaire" but only won $32,000 because he forgot what an erythrocyte was. He also visited the Brittanica HQ and discovered that not even the editor-in-chief knew every fact in its publication
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