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TIL "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" is a recent and unsourced saying, and nothing indicates it is the true origin of the phrase "blood is thicker than water"

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AX74 TIL there’s a species of bacteria so resistant to radiation that scientists have nicknamed it “Conan the Bacterium”
ANNad TIL Ripley's Reeboks in, "Aliens," are nicknamed, "Alien Stompers."
woey6 TIL that William Turner, the captain of the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915, was also the captain of the SS Ivernia when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat in 1917.
0wvOv TIL that Donkeys can be used as guard animals to protect livestock and have even been known to kill coyotes.
p8gB8 TIL of tree man syndrome, a rare gene mutation that makes people highly susceptible to HPV and causes severe deformity.