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TIL it is unknown whether Vincent Van Gogh cut off his entire ear with a knife, or only part of it. Witness accounts vary

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nJRB TIL It is often assumed in astrobiology that if life exists somewhere else in the universe, it will also be carbon based.This assumption is referred to by critics as carbon chauvinism.
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