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pY0bO TIL Unborn Babies Use Genes From Dad to “Remote-Control” Mothers for Extra Food
vnJB TIL HMS Thetis has the rare and unwanted honor of a submarine to have twice sunk and killed her crew. She sank during trials in 1939, drowning 99 men, before being raised and renamed. Sunk again during battle in 1943, her entire second crew was also lost.
1eE8 TIL that nuclear power plants in the US are so strong that they can be struck by a large commercial airliner and still not release harmful radiation
0GvA TIL AOL still brings in $600 million a year from dial up Internet subscriptions.
8aoOZ TIL Dead Skin Cells are a Main Ingredient In Household Dust