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TIL Google secretly runs a research facility called Google X somewhere in the Bay Area.

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AVDg TIL that, when they are infected with a deadly fungal disease, ants medicate themselves by consuming food laced with hydrogen peroxide, which would normally kill them but helps keep them alive if they have the infection.
awAN TIL an 82-year-old nun walked into a US nuclear weapons plant unnoticed, spent several hours wondering around before turning herself in.
BrAwK TIL Before he got famous on Saturday Night Live, Bill Murray portrayed Johnny Storm/Human Torch in a 1975 Fantastic Four radio show.
GAGBQ TIL the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) failed 95% percent of the time to stop undercover investigators from smuggling weapons or explosive materials through screening.
boDj TIL That Jews put god on trial during the holocaust, and found him guilty