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Z845v TIL that in 2008, fossilized ink sacs we recovered from preserved remains of Belemnotheutis cephalopods. Mixed with ammonia solution, the team was able to return the ink to its liquid form and used the ~150 million year old ink to draw a replica of of the original illustration of Belemnotheutis.
LQQoV TIL that Kim Il-Sung's parents were devote Christians. Father was part-time Protestant Missionary and Mother was presbyterian. Mother's name, Pan-Sok, is derived from Saint Peter. They married by arrangements of American missionary L. Nelson Bell, the father-in-law of Billy Graham.
gd8L TIL Texaco/Chevron corp caused an enviromental disaster in Ecuador and has been fighting their financial liability of the situation in court since first being sued in 1993. Damage is estimated at 113 billion U.S. Dollars
Y7GkA TIL that Elizabeth Johnson, one of the women accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials, was only officially exonorated in 2022
OoAY TIL that in 1962, American scientists detonated an H-bomb in space. There was no fireball because there wasn’t any oxygen, but the blast was captured in now unclassified film footage