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TIL Nicolas Cage bought a house in New Orleans in which a serial killer tortured and murdered a few dozen people

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b9ZG4 TIL that naked mole rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen and suffer no lasting effects. They achieve this feat by switching their metabolism to use fructose, instead of glucose, something typically only done by plants.
yQyPJ TIL that the Plague of the Middle Ages likeky did not make 10% Europeans resistant to HIV by increasing the frequency of a protective genetic mutation (CCR5-Ä32), scientists DNA tested 4900 year old skeletons and found the mutation was already common in the Bronze Age
a8YdZ TIL that Bismuth, the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol, technically has no stable isotopes - however its most stable and common isotope has a half-life more than a billion times the age of the universe. (Some more facts in the comments)
wLAX7 TIL NASA Uploads an astronomy picture of the day everyday since June 16 1995. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
wEAJ TIL in 2004 makers of “Action Man”, Hasbro asked children to vote on whether the main villain should be allowed to live. They killed him