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TIL that from the 12th century, Europeans were eating Egyptian mummies as medicine

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E10kW TIL of a band called Ok Go, who stored one of their albums on DNA by converting their audio into binary code, and then converting the binary into genetic code, which was then "inscribed" onto genetic material.
6A8m TIL the moon is not grey, rather it has a colorful surface ranging in shades from red to blue
9Rx6 TIL NASA accidentally auctioned off for just $995 a bag that was used by Apollo 11 astronauts to collect the first lunar sample. When the buyer sent the bag to NASA for verification, the space agency realized its mistake and refused to return it.
0NAA TIL - The inventor of Vaseline ate a spoonful of it everyday.
D77J TIL that scientists recently took the EEG signals from a person experiencing a convulsive seizure and converted them to tones that fell within the acoustic spectrum of the human voice. The results will send chills up your spine.