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TIL that there types of bacteria and fungi that neutralise nuclear waste

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kB71 TIL Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Peter Lemon was high on marijuana when he single-handedly fought off two waves of Vietcong troops and dragged a wounded soldier to safety
XE8Vr TIL in 1916 New Jersey experienced numerous shark attacks, one shark even swam inland through a creek to kill two people.
R7g89 TIL of Ebstein’s anomaly, a type of heart disease that can make you drop dead at any moment, no matter what you’re doing.
DppP TIL that a baby red octopus snuck into a tank at Monterey Bay Aquarium while it was the size of a fingernail. It stayed alive by eating local residents, and wasn’t discovered until it had grown to the size of a fist.
GAWeE TIL that Xmas is has historically been used as far back as the 16th century and the X is a Greek substitution for their letter χ pronounced “chi” in place of the first character of the Greek for Christ - Χριστός