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TIL theres a light bulb powered by bacteria.

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RYM4 Beverly Hills sits atop an oil field with nearly 100 active wells, many disguised as buildings, producing ~1 million barrels/year
ZZBQ TIL Blue-eyed people tend to have a higher alcohol tolerance and are therefore more likely to be drunks.
mQep TIL of Heinz Heydrich, the younger brother of Reinhard Heydrich (the architect of the Holocaust), who helped Jews escape Germany by forging identity documents
1akdD TIL one part of Istanbul lies in Europe and the other part lies in Asia. European part is separated from it's asian part by the Bhosphorus strait
lobRK TIL that along with 20 people, two dogs were accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging during the Salem Witch Trials