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TIL worms survived NASA's Columbia Shuttle Disaster

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oRByL TIL that the Battle of the Bulge marked the first time the U.S. Army desegregated troops during WWII.
QNkEd TIL That Spiders In Urban Areas Have Different Web Patterns Due to Drugs In Their Environments.
yQLNw TIL Jake Lloyd was bullied so much after his role in the phantom menace his acting career, life and childhood were ruined and he got into a high speed chase after yelling at his mom for getting him the role and ruining his life which he never forgave her for.
LQD0P TIL: 2 of 920 people survived the Jonestown Massacre. Hyacinth, who hid under her bed and Grover Cleveland Davis, who was 79 years old and hard of hearing. He slept unknowingly throughout the death assembly.
wLGOo TIL Photosynthesis is most likely so efficient because plants evolved to use quantum mechanics, like superposition, to aid in efficient energy transfer. The same concepts we are struggling to utilise to make better computers today.