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TIL that "mirror life"—organisms built from reversed biomolecules–could trigger unforeseen chemical chaos if they ever interact with our biology or environment.

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JK5v TIL We Used To Sleep In Two Segments Every Night Until Electricity Was Invented
MaJK TIL that the crew of Skylab 4 found inflatable dummies in work position when they arrived, left by the crew before them as a joke.
b691p TIL Postboxes have underground feet and aren't just bolted to the floor.
9PQM TIL there is a growing number of people trying to get the word out about the cult like behavior of AA and the damage that is done to people in 12 step programs.
Bwrk TIL Sorrell Booke (the dude who played Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazzard) was fluent in five languages, had degrees from Yale and Columbia Universities, and served in the Korean War as a counterintelligence officer.