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TIL scientists have confirmed that the largest body of water in the known universe is 12 billion years old. It surrounds a quasar, and has the equivalent of 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean.

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W19 TIL in WWII, both Allied and Axis forces, specifically pilots, were known to be methamphetamine users, so much so that it was nicknamed “Pilot’s Salt”.
VXgG TIL That at 14yrs old Snooker Player Stephen Hendry bought his snooker cue for £40, using this cue he won 7 world championships over 20 years until it was broken in the hold of a plane in 2003 after anti-terrorism legislation banned cues from hand luggage
QJ7b6 Drones can plant 40,000 trees in a month.
oRKYo TIL that Henry VIII kept an African grey parrot who amused itself by calling the boatman across the water to the palace, who was then paid for his efforts
KYK66 TIL about PCR, which is a technique to make billions of copies of a specific DNA from a very small sample. The mix containing DNA is repeatedly heated and cooled, this breaks the DNA molecule and then duplicates it exponentially. The secret? A bacteria living in hot springs has a special enzyme