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TIL Jeremy Clarkson was almost decapitated when filming an episode of Robot Wars

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m1gLp TIL before becoming the first Xiongnu emperor, to be sure of his men's loyalty, Modu Chanyu commanded them first to shoot his favourite horse and one of his favourite wives. Any who refused were summarily executed. He became emperor by ordering his men to murder his father with arrows while hunting.
oBG0K TIL In the US, Tic Tac’s list the sugar content as 0g despite the mints being approximately 90% sugar. This stems from the fact that a serving size is one 0.49g mint, and the USDA permits manufacturers to list sugar as 0g if they contain less than 0.5g.
kJbk1 TIL that scientists sequencing ancient Siberian permafrost found microbial genomes from layers 26,000 - 120,000 years old, and some were so intact that they appear to come from bacteria still alive and slowly repairing their DNA while frozen.
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NaZJ TIL Elvis wore a cross, a star of David and the Hebrew letter chai. He said: “I don’t want to miss out on heaven due to a technicality”