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TIL Nanoparticles containing bee venom toxin melittin can destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while at the same time leaving surrounding cells unharmed.

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OJxg TIL a slave named Gordon ran away from a Mississippi plantation and used onions to throw bloodhounds off his scent. He went on to become a Union soldier during the Civil War. His photo was used by abolitionists to cast light on the brutality of slavery.
woJ6o TIL that despite presumably dying in a plane crash on Oct 16, 1972, US Rep. Hale Boggs legally continued to hold the office of House Majority Leader until Jan 1973.
6EpkJ TIL that contrary to popular belief we are just different branches to apes and we are not actually descended from them. The Hominids are the shared ancestor between modern humans and modern apes that died out millions of years ago.
R5dN1 TIL During an ecumenical council meeting between 1414 to 1418, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund made a Latin grammatical error by conjugating "schisma" as feminine. When a cardinal corrected him, he replied "I am king of the Romans and above grammar." He was nicknamed "Super Grammaticam" by historians.
VBXV0 TIL the Guanches were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands. They resisted conquest by Spain for over 90 years before Tenerife was finally conquered in 1496