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TIL: Some strains of viruses have viruses of their own

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b6oQ TIL that actor Kevin Spacey has kept his private life as secret as possible and says “The less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that character on screen.”
6EER8 TIL Lewis and Clark's camp sites can be identified by the Mercury-laden Latrine Pits
vPBNj TIL about an illustrious Royal Navy ship name, passed down through four ships for one hundred and thirty five years, but for some unknown reason never used again after 1947. I present to you the history of the ‘HMS Cockchafer’
DQLwr TIL 145 Polish pilots, representing some five percent of Fighter Command’s overall strength, claimed 203 German aircraft for the loss of 29 of their number killed in the Battle of Britain. This amounts to 15 percent of the Command’s total score
d0g7 TIL Joe Rogan was the Massachusetts full contact Tae Kwon Do champion for four consecutive years. By the age of 19, Rogan won the US Open Tae Kwon Do Championship and as lightweight champion went on to beat both the middle and heavyweight title-holders to obtain the Grand Championship.