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TIL that in 2000, scientists revived a bacteria believed to be 250 million years old found buried 1,850 feet underground in New Mexico

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yVZZe TIL of tyromancy, the practice of telling fortunes with cheese
jNNon TIL in spite of the way they are portrayed in sci-fi films, asteroid belts are not densely populated and a passing spacecraft has virtually zero chance of striking one. In fact, considerable effort is required to ensure contact with an asteroid.
0dnp5 TIL that in 897 AD a pope put the corpse of his predecessor, Pope Formosus, on trial at the Cadaver Synod. The body was dressed in papal robes, declared guilty, was mutilated, and was thrown into the Tiber River.
oBMpK TIL that in 1978 an architectural student discovered that a skyscraper in NY could topple if strong winds hit the building. The engineer that is credited for designing the building then made secret nightly repairs in collaboration with the NYPD, without alerting the general public to the danger
nelBd TIL the USA spent 2 years building a fort to protect from Canadian invasion, but it was accidentally built in Canada. They abandoned construction and called it Fort Blunder.