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TIL that chlamidial cells are strange organisms closely related to blue-green algae that have DNA like bacteria but can only reproduce parasitically in foreign cells like a virus.

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ox07 TIL that “merci beaucoup” is commonly mispronounced and most tourists are saying “thank you, nice bum”
x6eak TIL Public toilet seats are U-shaped because the American Standard National Plumbing Code writes that they must have a gap at the front.
x6A4g TIL Gucci Mane Owns an Iced-Out Odie Chain
Oo1rg TIL Dracula was translated into Icelandic in 1901, and it wasn't until 2014 that anyone noticed this version was actually a significantly different novel with a smaller page count and a lot more sex
PYk5J TIL Edward Doisy received the Nobel in Medicine for discovery of vitamin K with Henrik Dam. He also competed with Adolf Butenandt in the discovery of estrone in 1930. They discovered the substance independently, but only Butenandt was awarded the Chemistry Nobel