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TIL: Amongst the debris recovered following the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster were containers holding worms carried as part of an experiment. The nematode worms were found to have survived the accident.

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BrkaL TIL that due to relativity the core of the earth is 2.5 years younger than the crust
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mxjLy TIL Forty-three giant busts of U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.
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