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TIL A 30,000 Year Old Virus Was Found to Still Be Infectious After It Was Isolated from Siberian Permafrost

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R7yw9 TIL That Since 1950 Sedentary Jobs Have Increased By 83%
awYdL TIL Luxury brand committees from Italy (Altagamma), France(Comité Colbert), UK(Walpole), Germany(Meisterkreis), Spain(Circulo Fortuny) and Sweden(Gustaf III Kommitté) in 2010 formed an European association of their own and named it - European Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance (ECCIA).
BgWbd TIL the MiG-15's NATO reporting name is Fagot
GYOr4 TIL the US Navy commissioned an Arleigh Burke class Destroyer named after Sir Winston Churchill, only the fourth time a US Navy ship to carry British citizens name.
neR6W TIL Paganism was still practiced in parts of Ireland as late as the 1850s. The idol , Naomhóg was worshiped in the Inishkea Islands and was credited with power over weather, health and potatoes. It was allegedly thrown into the sea by a catholic priest called ‘Big Paddy’ O’Reilly in the 1890’s.