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TIL that the USMC is investigating the use of drop pods from space to deploy to any place on earth.

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1Eyr TIL Australia has successfully beaten AIDS and the amount of people still with it is not recorded anymore as the number is so small.
Ev7W TIL including humans, all living creatures emit a weak light from their entire body in a process known as “biophoton emission.”
ZppnB TIL mandated seatbelt interlock systems, requiring the driver to first be seated and then buckle up before the car was able to start, decreased seatbelt usage as drivers disabled the system in the early 70s in the US
ewl6 TIL that Elvis had an identical twin who died at birth.
o8MK TIL that beer hops contain “Hop Beta Acids” that research has shown to kill varroa mites, a parasite killing off honey bee colonies, without any affect on bees. The research has been so promising that the EPA has approved its use without further testing, due to the long history of hops in brewing.