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TIL scientists in 2007 managed to resurrect an ancient retrovirus using virus DNA fragments embedded in the human genome.

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b9EpE TIL The origin of the word money comes from the Temple of Juno Moneta where coins were minted for 4 centuries. Moneta was regarded as the protectress of the city's funds.
m4kv TIL that a freezer malfunction at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital in Belmot, Mass. has severely damaged one-third of the world’s largest collection of autism brain samples, potentially setting back research on the disorder by years
RXV1 TIL the the Civil War cost 620,000 American lives, more than this country’s other wars combined, from the Revolution through Vietnam. That was about 2% of the population; if it happened now, historians estimate, the equivalent number of dead would total 6 million.
Z8XgY TIL of Capt. Harith al-Sudani. He was an Iraqi spy who infiltrated IS. He foiled 30 planned vehicle-bomb attacks & 18 suicide bombers. Once his true identity was discovered he paid the ultimate price in the line of duty.
yQgRp TIL that Malta had a referendum on whether or not to become a part of the United Kingdom. The British government rejected the deal however because they thought other colonies might seek a similar deal.