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TIL The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) is Believed to br a Microbe That Existed About 4 Billion Years Ago!

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5JpB TIL that a third string catcher, Moe Berg, toured Japan with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1934 while working as a US spy. Berg spoke 12 languages and eventually spied on the Nazis during WWII. When presented the report to the president, Roosevelt responded “Give my regards to the catcher.”
X0mw8 TIL 265 crates of black tea and 75 crates of green were dumped at the Boston Tea Party
7pXZ TIL Danny DeVito was nominated for both the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his role as The Penguin in Batman Returns.
W7r14 TIL about Dr.Yusuf Hamied, a billionaire and chairman of Cipla Pharma, who is known as "Robin Hood", while Big Pharma calls him a "Pirate". He stood up to the big pharma and manufactured generic AIDS drugs bringing down the cost from $12,000 per year to $350 per year, thus saving millions of lives
vjYB TIL a 500lb bluefin tuna fish sold in Japan for 1.8 million dollars.