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TIL scientists successfully revived bacteria that was lying dormant for 250 million years.

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x6vNo TIL people from St. Louis like to cut their bagels super weird
JQkj TIL Camp 1391 is a secret prison 1 hour from Tel Aviv, dubbed “the Israeli Guantanamo”. It was discovered by accident in 2003 by an israeli historian while researching old british police buildings
pybG TIL that German monks gave up food for Lent, and survived on beer and water alone for 40 days a year.
W7eGA TIL that until the 17th century, the Golconda mines (in India) were the ONLY source of diamonds on Earth.
x6Bvb TIL a student in Germany can shrink and enlarge his pupils on demand