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TIL alligator immune systems are so awesome that their blood can eradicate most things we try to infect it with, including salmonella, strep, staph, E. Coli, some straings of dysentery causing bacteria, herpes and HIV

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KlZE TIL A Canadian genius that specialized in ballistics was designing a super cannon to cheaply shoot objects into orbit. Canada and the United States cancelled the joint project. While devastated that his dream would never be seen, he was approached by another financial backer: Saddam Hussein.
vPVBB TIL Pilot Corp., the pen company, went racing at Le Mans with a Ferrari F40, going so far as to win the 4 hours of Anderstorp. They also make jewellery besides their writing instruments.
9jvX [TIL] The average person spends three years of their life on the toilet
0AQ1 TIL that students are paid $1500 a month to study in the most prestigious engineering school in France : École Polytechnique
Zp4EB TIL that the nations of Micronesia, Tuvalu, and Palau have no political parties, and are what are known as non-partisan democracies.