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TIL There’s an actual chemical seriously called Mutagen X.
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VMY6G
TIL: White people are only 6.5% of the world’s population
En1w
TIL the US Gov’t Offered $10,000 to any kid who prospected uranium w/the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab in the 50’s
Wk8o
TIL celibacy rules for priests arose so the Church, not children, would inherit their money
LkgGP
TIL that East Germany invested the machinery, housing, farm training, and infrastructure necessary to increase the coffee production in Vietnam, in exchange for 50% of the Vietnamese coffee harvest for 20 years. The first usable harvest occurred in 1990, one year after the Berlin Wall fell.
7LOO
TIL Ants use “social immunization” – if one is infected with a fungus, they still lick the ant, spreading it throughout the colony. This practice both kills some of the spores, and builds immune resistance.