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TIL about Folding@Home and Project 11747

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J1wAl TIL that a 700 year old lead sarcophagus was discovered under the floor of the Notre Dame cathedral after it was burnt down. And that the sarcophagus will be opened sometime soon.
xVY11 TIL that Welsh places compete to have the longest name: a railway station was once called Gorsafawddacha'idraigddanheddogleddol-lônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion just to outdo the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllan­tysiliogogo­goch.
nWBlr TIL the oldest living land animal is Jonathan the Tortoise at 191 years old. He's resided on the remote island of Saint Helena since 1882. Although he's lost his sight & sense of smell, he spends his days roaming the grounds of the Governor’s house with his 3 giant tortoise pals: Emma, David, & Fred
e0K4J TIL in the book Stuart Little was actually a human who looked like a mouse, not an actual mouse
4XNXw TIL that the original iphone prototypes were so secretive that the engineers had their own OS called the 'skankphone' only a few engineers got to see the real OS and worked together debugging code through a curtain.