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TIL The head of MI6’s Anti-Communist Section (IX) in 1944, was actually a Communist passing information on to Moscow.

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R5bYw TIL about the CTXφ bacteriophage: a virus that lives inside the Cholera Bacteria and carries the gene that causes symptoms in cholera infection. The unusual relationship is akin to a "symbiotic parasite"
9ryB TIL Jasmine rice has a higher Glycemic Index than pure glucose
8e9AG TIL modern float spas can be traced back to psychonaut and dolphin language researcher John C. Lilly.
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