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TIL of oncolytic viruses, viruses that are genetically modified to target and kill cancer cells

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nWpgo TIL about how the Vikings used the sod roof as an insulator method, it helped keeping their houses warm at winter and cold in the summer, it also helped prevent fires and floods.
vPOnB TIL that in 2002, Brittain accidentally invaded Spain, apologized, and left again
OG6oa TIL South African para-athlete Oscar Pistorius was also convicted of firing a gun in a restaurant, which occurred a month before he shot and killed his girlfriend.
py94 TIL: Randy Quaid (National Lampoon’s Cousin Eddy) is a wanted felon
4Mjo TIL that Goodyear developed a small inflatable airplane called the “Inflatoplane” with funding from the United States Army in 1956. The project was scrapped because it could not find a “valid military use for an aircraft that could be brought down by a well-aimed bow and arrow.”