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TIL DNA produces electromagnetic signals. These signals can be transmitted electronically as WAV file. These signals can be re-emitted on distant pure water sample, where DNA can replicate through polymerase chain reaction (PCR) despite the absence of the original DNA in the new water sample.

9Yxj7 TIL: A man used his friends bank to cash millions in bad checks and after being caught used what he had left to play blackjack at 30k per hand making up to 8.6 million (enough to pay off the debt and live a millionaire) only to lose it all.
jJAR TIL Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47, is still alive at the ripe old age of 93
Br8kr TIL The song "Rooster" by Alice In Chains (probably their most famous song) wasn't written by lead singer Layne Staley, but by Jerry Cantrell, the bands guitarist. The title refers to his Father's childhood nickname and the song details his Father's traumatic time in the Vietnam War
wy77 TIL that in 1906, Mary Astor planned the release of 10,000 imported Brazilian butterflies at her Debutante ball housed in nets lining the ceiling. They didn’t take into account the heat of the lights, and her party ended with 10,000 dead insects showering her party guests.
4kV4X TIL that in 2019 a 73 y.o. patient died as a result of receiving a fecal transplant. Massachusetts General Hospital later confirmed that the donor's stool (poop) contained E.coli bacteria. Checks for E.coli had begun earlier in 2019 but were not applied to existing stool donations in frozen storage.