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TIL researchers successfully killed MRSA (the antibiotic resistant superbug) with a blue laser and peroxide. They found a blue light can "bleach" the protective layer of the MRSA membrane which then makes it more vulnerable. This weakened it enough for hydrogen peroxide to finish the job.

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nWEA7 TIL that the Abu Simbel temples are so far south of Egypt that they are only 20 kilometers from the border with Sudan
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