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TIL In 1996, a group of scientists claimed to have found evidence of microscopic fossils formed by Martian primitive life billions of years ago on a meteorite discovered in Antarctica.

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ADbZ4 TIL squirrels will pretend to bury nuts to thwart other squirrels who want to steal the nuts they bury
BrdRk TIL John Deere forces farmers to pay for expensive repairs due to their proprietary software, and refusal to let farmers self repair their own equipment with open source tools
AD8Og TIL that when Magellan's ships first encountered the Chamorros of the Mariana Islands in 1521, the Chamorros' sailboats far surpassed Magellan's in speed and maneuverability. "That care and attention...cause their ships to sail like birds, while ours are like lead in this regard."
16yOr TIL that Uppercase X is ASCII code for 88
O9A7 TIL when Dr. Jonas Salk (discoverer and developer of the first polio vaccine) was asked who owned the patent he replied “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” Forbes calculated the vaccine to be “worth” 7 billion dollars. Happy 100th birthday you magnificent bastard.