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TIL bacteria that eats and survives on electricity alone , was found in the ocean floor.

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derK TIL that up until the 18th century, the fork was considered an elitist tool used by the (primarily Italian) upper class. Other Europeans considered it “unmanly,” “excessive,” and “an insult to God.”
DQPde TIL in 1997 a Gorilla helped apprehend a criminal in the Johannesburg Zoo.
xVXYD TIL that in the Plutchik's wheel of emotions, boredom is on the same spectrum as disgust and loathing.
16GO8 TIL In 2020, a Pakistan airlines Airbus tried to land with the landing gear still up. It then crashed, killing 97. An investigation later found that 150 of the 434 pilots for the airline had bogus or suspicious flying licences.