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TIL three fungi species were found near Chernobyl that appear to convert gamma radiation into chemical energy.

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6Oam TIL that Adolf Hitlers father beat him severely every day. When his father found out that he was planning to run away, he beat him so hard that he went into a coma for days - his family unsure if he was going to live
5YBQB TIL 320,000 unknown viruses infect mammals worldwide related to know virus, and likely many more related to unknown viruses.
yaMa TIL that all lighthouses on the US coastline have been fully automated for roughly 30 years
XRgk TIL Jeremiah Denton blinked T-O-R-T-U-R-E in morse code while filming propaganda as a prisoner of war.
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