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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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09ly TIL that Canada is the most educated country in the world.
4Oe6 TIL in 1922, a fur trapper named Ben Cochrane was attacked by a pack of wolves in Manitoba. He shot and killed 7 wolves before running out of ammunition. He then beat 4 more to death, before his rifle finally broke in half. (Upper Right)
GBxj TIL Danny DeVito had his own brand of limoncello liqueur. And the lemon logo on the bottle was scratch-and-sniff.
Oy61 TIL in the 1970s, Japanese teenage girls developed such excessively cute handwriting that it was banned in schools due to illegibility.
VmPB TIL the AUDIO_TS folder on a DVD does not contain a film’s audio files and was added for potential DVD audio discs that would replace CDs. It never took off.