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TIL hot foods which spend 45 minutes in takeout containers have 34% higher levels of plastic chemicals than the same dishes tested directly from the restaurant

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7rZjP TIL that while scientists were analyzing prehistoric worms recovered from permafrost, two 40,000 year old nematodes 'revived' and began moving and eating, making them the oldest multi-cellular life alive on Earth.
R7je7 TIL In 1984, an anti-cruise missile activist poured red paint on the only good copy of the Canadian Constitution. He was subsequently sentenced to 89 days in weekend jail.
Me0rA TIL that of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken today, it has been estimated that a staggering 90% of them will be extinct within the next 30 years.
Z8MDo TIL of a North Korean defector who escaped to China, returned to see his family, then escaped again to Thailand, went to Argentina, then trekked through South and Central America to sneak into the US through Mexico. He is now a US citizen.
yall TIL the tin man from The Wizard of oz was once a normal man. Until the Wicked Witch of the East enchanted his ax to cut off his body parts, which he replaced with tin parts. All except his heart