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TIL about endospores - bacteria that can lie dormant in permafrost for over 10,000 years

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nbVd TIL another term for an intrusive thought is “The Imp of the Perverse”, a metaphor (popularized / coined by Edgar Allan Poe) for the urge to do exactly the wrong thing in a given situation for the sole reason that it is possible for wrong to be done.
VBOlQ TIL the Philipp 1866 Copiales 3 manuscript is a cracked 260 year old code that concealed the arcane rituals of an ancient secret order, the Oculists - who were a group of ophthalmologists.
x6KZw TIL that Sharbat Gula, the "Afghan girl" whose eyes captured the world, sees a new life and finds a new voice in Italy
oRDmR TIL that in 1997, 24.6% of US 12th graders smoked cigarettes every single day. By 2023, that number fell to 0.7%.
pbeA TIL That The World Championship in Monopoly has been held fourteen times, last time in 2015 and won by italian Nicolò Falcone. The grand prize was $20,580 USD, which is also the amount of money included in a set of Monopoly.