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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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8LaG TIL there is an electric bell in Oxford University that has been ringing almost continously for 175 years.
6En0m TIL Republicans and Democrats used to switch symbolic colors until the 2000 presidential election
6E0WX TIL The Shroud of Turin, the alleged linen cloth covering the burial of Jesus, was closely examined in 1988 in laboratories in Switzerland, England and the United States using carbon-14 dating techniques. The study concluded that it originated in the Middle Ages between 1260 and 1390.
94RG TIL a Canadian man chugged 8 beers and swam across the Detroit river just to prove his friends wrong. Upon being apprehended when swimming back to the Canadian side having completed the task, he apologized.
nZ9W TIL of the LeMat 9-shot revolver produced between 1856 and 1865 which can also shoot a central buckshot cartridge by flipping a lever connected to the firing hammer. A version of this weapon can be seen sported by Ed Harris’ character in the new HBO Westworld series.