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TIL of a fungus that has adapted to convert gamma radiation from Chernobyl into chemical energy

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v1RlK TIL that while apes may not be able to ask questions, one parrot did. An African grey parrot once asked his handler what colour he was.
wEQP TIL that early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
b7x7 TIL that during the filming of the Bond film, “Never Say Never Again,” Sean Connery angered his martial arts instructor so much that he broke Connery’s wrist. The instructor was Steven Seagal.
woxKo TIL that Austria, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, and Switzerland were technically "third world countries", because they were not officially aligned with NATO (first world) or the Warsaw Pact (second world) during the Cold War. The term does not actually have anything to do with quality of life.
BgxGy TIL: In 1914 The Suffragettes tried to blow up the Coronation Chair