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TIL that in 2022 scientists researching life’s origins observed that rocks known as basaltic glasses (usually found where lava is quenched or where meteorite impacts cool) were able to spontaneously link individual RNA letters - nucleoside triphosphates, into RNA strands up to 300 letters long.

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D1aRD TIL that Joseph Stalin was incredibly promiscuous. Aside from his two marriages, his known sexual liaisons include the seduction of a 13-year old orphan girl, affairs with his sister-in-law, housecleaner, countless "peasant women", and the wives of his fellow comrades.
v1dG7 TIL Chevy Chase is one of the most hated people in Hollywood. He once accused Terry Sweeny of having AIDS because he was gay, openly mocked Robert Downey Jr's father, told Kevin Smith that he invented everything funny and told a female SNL writer to give him a handjob during a meeting
GnQE TIL 2 ancient cities in China were drowned in 1959 by a man-made lake and were forgotten about until discovered in 2001 by a tourist diving company. The cities remain intact and in good condition.
9Y1VX TIL "University of Georgia researchers & colleagues from other universities have developed a jelly-like substance that may help catastrophic breaks knit together. Stem cells are the key ingredient in what the scientists call 'bone putty'" aka "Fracture Putty".
oRAM8 TIL the US Navy had no idea Cher would be wearing a racy outfit when they agreed to let her film “If I Could Turn Back Time” on the battleship Missouri. They didn’t see her now-iconic fishnet bodysuit until filming started. The crew’s crazy reaction is genuine.