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TIL about the Theory of Spontaneous Generation , a idea that maggots just spontaneously manifested themselves on decaying meat, which was widely accepted before Louis Pasteur discredited it and developed germ theory

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x67N1 TIL about the kingdom of Albania, a state located in the Caucasus in ancient times
8evAa TIL that not only does the Mediterranean Sea have Great White sharks, but that historically they were some of the biggest every caught.
W7VM8 TIL: Tupac Shakur accidentally shot and killed a 6 year-old boy (while famous)
QNE0a TIL that some moths have a "stealth coating" that acts as an acoustic form of camouflage against bat predators. This scaly coating dampens the sound of their wings and helps them hide from an echolocating bat’s “view” of the night sky
E1bP TILAfter the fall of Rome, a new illiterate Europe arose. The Irish saved civilization by copying lost books. These astonishingly decorated Irish manuscripts of the early medieval period are today the great jewels of libraries in England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Italy, and even Russia.