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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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gWkW TIL computers can’t actually generate random numbers.
4kk4R TIL evidence of persistence hunting primarily comes from a single researcher and has no where near the support in Anthropology as it does in pop-science and running circles.
ANkQB TIL A $250,000 diamond placed on the nose of an F1 car was lost in a crash in the 2004 Monaco GP. It's still missing today.
VM4rD TIL that when billionaire Peter Brant asked Italian artist Maurizio Cattellan to do a portrait of his wife, the 90s supermodel Stephanie Seymour, he made a hunting trophy of her to hang on his wall.
GYpXQ TIL an acronym is ONLY when you pronounce the abbreviation as a word (e.g. SWAT). Otherwise it is known as an initialism (e.g. FBI).