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TIL that embryos can be frozen for decades before being successfully born!

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epdVg TIL after Surtsey volcano emerged from the sea in the 60's, it was declared a reserve to study how life expands to new territories, and only a few humans are allowed to visit with multiple precautions, including ensuring that they don't spread viable seeds in their excrement.
wdwP TIL There are over 250 million years of geological data missing from rock layers. This is called the Great Unconformity.
GK97 TIL that after the bombing of Hiroshima, there were “ant-walking alligators” that the survivors saw everywhere, men and women who “were now eyeless and faceless — with their heads transformed into blackened alligator hides displaying red holes, indicating mouths.”
n0Xd TIL In the 19th century, sunglasses were being worn by those suffering from syphilis. This was because sensitivity to light is a symptom of the STD.
yG9X TIL when outhouses were prevalent, the most common body parts to be bitten by a spider were the genitals and buttocks.