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TIL chickenpox is a herpes virus

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7kRx TIL that the world’s oldest conjoined twins are 63 years old and have been both best friends and enemies throughout their life.
xeE5 TIL Tom Morello (RATM, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman) was born to a civil rights advocate and a Kenyan revolutionary. He also graduated from Harvard University.
wLQk6 TIL In 1981 a scientist who was researching medical uses for magic mushrooms was killed in a robbery. The top suspects confessed to the crime on tape and their fingerprints were at the scene yet they were never charged, the DEA later admitted they destroyed the evidence linking them to the crime.
a8wy0 TIL that the third-ranked attraction in Cornwall, according to tripadviser, is the 'bude tunnel.' The bude tunnel is a short plastic tunnel linking a supermarket with a carpark. In contrast, most of the counties many surfing spots and historic sights are much further down the list.
rvde TIL of the Byford Dolphin diving bell accident, where a human error caused a decompression chamber to go from 9 atmospheres of pressure to 1 in less than a second. Out of the 5 dead, one was ripped apart so violently pieces of him were found over 30 feet away.