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TIL The Shroud of Turin has nothing to do with Jesus - it’s been comprehensively radiocarbon dated to the medieval period.

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NXMgQ TIL that in November 1954, a woman in Alabama survived being struck by a meteorite that hit the roof of her house, bounced off a radio and hit her in upper thigh and hand. She was left with a large bruise on her side but was otherwise not seriously injured.
D1ogY TIL of a bacterium that does photosynthesis without sunlight. Instead it uses thermal "black-body" radiation. It was discovered in 2005 on a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, at a depth of 2400 m, in complete darkness.
J7al TIL The Chilling Effect - If a society knows that they are constantly being monitored, it effects imagination and innovation and eventually the society reaches a point of stagnation
e0jb5 TIL After the Battle of Aspern-Essling (1809), the surgeon of the Napoleonic Army Larrey, lacking salt, seasoned a horse meat bouillon for the wounded under his care with gunpowder. It was also used for sterilization in ships when there was no alcohol.
DD7Y TIL men are 6 times more likely to leave their wife if she gets seriously ill than the other way around (20.8% vs. 2.9%)