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TIL of the Random Hall Milk, a carton of milk that MIT students have been preserving for the last 26 years

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DjdY TIL a Romanian-born Israeli and American scientist, engineer, professor, teacher, and a Holocaust survivor, Liviu Librescu, held the door of his classroom during the Virginia Tech shootings sacrificing his life while the gunman continuously shot through the door saving 22 of his 23 students.
Z8ZD4 TIL Cinderella is not the real name of the protagonist, instead it was an insulting nickname given to her. she was forced to sleep in the ashes and because of that she was always covered in dust and dirt
l7GYV TIL Viruses called Pandoraviruses and some bacteria, were found frozen in 30,000-year-old permafrost (ground that is continually frozen) in Siberia. In 2016 there was an anthrax outbreak in Siberia that killed one person and many animals. It’s thought that permafrost melting exposed the bacteria.
ZEea TIL that Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to pause the Cold War in case of an alien Invasion
ZpJRQ TIL one of the co-creators of Keurig machines was diagnosed with caffeine poisoning due to his daily 30 to 40 cup coffee habit