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TIL about Anatoli Brouchkov - a Russian scientist who injected himself with a 3.5 million year old strain of bacteria just to see what would happen.

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gRND TIL That the “warranty void if broken” stickers found on many electronics are not legally binding due to ‘right to repair’ legislation passed in 1975.
v1x7r TIL of the Edelweiss Pirates. A proto-hippie youth group in Germany which fought Nazi's as they frolicked through the countryside playing guitars and singing Anti-Nazi folk songs at campfires. They sheltered escaped concentration-camp prisoners and Allied soldiers in a program of armed resistance.
nWX0W TIL: About the undersea volcano, Marsili - one of the Mediterranean's most dangerous volcanos. As of 2010, warnings say it could erupt at any time sending up to a 30m (100 ft) tsunami reaching Italy's Sicilian and Calabrian coasts in 10-20 minutes.
a8kZ0 TIL before Julia child became famous for her endeavors with the joy of cooking she was on the business of making shark repellant for the USA OSS
NXn68 TIL domestic cats are one of the most prolific and deadly hunters on the planet. its estimated cats kill 2.4 billion birds per year in the US alone and in Australia they have helped drive at least 20 native species to extinction. They are such good hunters they are considered an invasive species.