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TIL life on Earth may have originated on Mars. NASA’s latest studies show that microbes on Mars may have come to Earth on a meteorite.

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Vd8 TIL a 2,300 year old man was found preserved so well they could tell he used gel for his Mohawk
Y7prP TIL more soldiers were executed during the civil war than all other American wars combined. Two-thirds of them were for desertion.
G0w5 TIL that wasabi is sometimes referred to as “Japanese horseradish”. In Japan, horseradish is referred to as “western wasabi”.
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J1mmB TIL The often-quoted low IQ of developing countries is based on bogus and misleading data