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TIL That "Tin Foil Hats" actually do protect from electromagnetic radiation

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ax4y TIL in 1974 Jane Goodall observed a social rift in a community of chimpanzees turn into a violent 4 year civil war for territory involving kidnapping, rape & murder, changing her perception of chimpanzees, it is known as the “Gombe Chimpanzee War”.
Yp5Nr TIL researchers successfully killed MRSA (the antibiotic resistant superbug) with a blue laser and peroxide. They found a blue light can "bleach" the protective layer of the MRSA membrane which then makes it more vulnerable. This weakened it enough for hydrogen peroxide to finish the job.
m1JXx TIL Newtons' apple tree is real and it's still with us! In 1816 the tree was blown down in a storm. Some branches were removed but a large portion of the tree was left and re-rooted. Surprisingly, this tree is still growing at Woolsthorpe Manor today and now is over 350yrs old
OGln1 TIL that Rocky Marciano was cut badly in his second fight with Ezzard Charles. The match was in danger of being stopped, but Marciano ignoring his own corner’s advice to target the body, went for Charles’s chin and knocked him out.
Zp0OQ TIL about the East German Balloon Escape, where 8 people successfully escaped East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon