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TIL that a candle’s flame burns millions of nano-diamonds every second

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Lk7gp TIL that researchers hypothesize that women were primarily responsible for the ceramics in at least one significant era of ancient Greek history
1rE4 TIL that between 30 and 50 per cent of the global population is thought to be infected by a cat parasite known as Toxoplasma gondii. Some scientists believe that the parasite can control the brain of it’s host. A toxo-infected person is more than twice as likely to be in a car accident.
Aanl TIL humans have fewer genes than rice.
YZXG TIL the first proposal to tunnel under the English Channel was put forward by a Frenchman in 1802. It would have had illumination from oil lamps, horse-drawn coaches, and an artificial island mid-Channel for changing horses
nW8wW TIL printer paper can be traced back to you