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TIL of a device MIT created that can read ancient, fragile books and literature without touching them by shooting the pages with beams of radiation.

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1a1Rr TIL that according to the Sasquatch Genome Project, sasquatches have 100% modern human mDNA, and this is reflected in their official scientific name, Homo sapiens cognatus--cognatus meaning "blood relative"
8j7G TIL a German WWII fighter pilot accidentally landed in Wales, giving the Allies a working specimen of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190
69oaY TIL that legendary race driver Ken Miles -- played by Christian Bale in "Ford vs. Ferrari" -- designed a race track, but it was so dangerous it closed after only 7 races. During the last meet in December 1957, two drivers were killed and another lost a leg.
mjNY TIL every sweater that Mr. Rogers wore in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was hand-knit by his mother.
YWNv TIL that the red liquid coming from a steak cooked rare (or just raw red meat) isn’t blood, it’s water coloured by an oxygen-carrying protein called Myoglobin.