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TIL there is a bacteria that grows up to 2cm and which is the only one visible to the naked eye

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l70YB TIL Charle's Dance's father was born 1874 and had him in his 70s. Charles had a daughter in 2012 in his mid 60s. 3 generations 3 centuries.
B4vx TIL that during American Civil War some soldier’s wounds glowed blue; soldier’s whose wounds glowed had a better chance of surviving, and so the glow was called “Angel’s Glow”. Now it is known that the luminescence is due to bacteria that produce antibiotics and that live in nematodes
j6n9E TIL of Prince Alemayehu, an Ethiopian prince who was taken by British soldiers back to England after they attacked Ethiopia in 1868. Queen Victoria ensured he received an excellent education in England, but he died of pleurisy at just 18.
e0VQ5 TIL just about every product we buy and use has been gobbled up by one of about 10 megacorporations
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