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TIL that the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
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TIL that “&” was originally the 27th letter of the English alphabet.
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TIL that 70% alcohol is better at disinfecting surfaces than 91% alcohol. In one experiment, a 50% alcohol solution killed Staphylococcus Aureus in less than 10 seconds, but a 90% solution failed to kill it even after two hours of contact time.
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TIL that Rose's lime juice was the world's first commercially produced fruit concentrate.
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TIL of Hanawon, a facility in South Korea which helps North Korean defectors adjust to life in the South. They are taught how to drive and use an ATM, and taken on field trips to food courts and get haircuts.
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TIL microbiologists have “resurrected” 3-billion-year-old ancestors of proteins that enable today’s antibiotic-resistant bacteria to shrug off huge doses of penicillins and other drugs