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TIL of Radiotrophic Fungus, originally found in Chernobyl, that utilize Melanin to turn Gamma radiation into Chemical Energy. Similar to how plants use Chlorophyll to turn sunlight into Energy.

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ADDL7 TIL that the company that controls 10% of the internet's encryption uses lava lamps for encryption codes
neERo TIL that because penguins have no predators on land, whenever they see a different species they just think it's a strange-looking penguin.
DONe TIL that Abraham Lincoln was once called “two-faced” in a debate, and replied with “If I had two faces, do you think I’d be wearing this one?”
ZZmQ TIL Scientists cut the nerve pathways that disable the body during REM sleep in cats to see them act out their dreams
D1g1e TIL: In the 1990s, the South African government dismantled all of its nuclear weapons, the first nation in the world which voluntarily gave up all nuclear arms it had developed itself.