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TIL scientists are debating whether to stop or tightly control research on “mirror life” — life built from reversed molecules that don’t exist in nature.

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gRZ8 TIL Heath Ledger was an accomplished chess player and won the Western Australia’s Junior Chess Championship at 10-years old.
6EXbm TIL in 1995, China set out to return a desert bigger than France back to a flourishing ecosystem after centuries of desertification to combat dust storms, flooding and boost local economy.
v0xL TIL The most ancient evidence of human tattooing is found on a mummified 5,300-year-old Neolithic Iceman who has a total of 61 tattoos of lines and patterns, interestingly most of which overlap with classical acupuncture points used to treat rheumatism, a medical condition that plagued him.
GY76g TIL Tutankhamun had a dagger made from meteorite
ADrKB TIL Flowers for Algernon was rejected for publication numerous times because author Daniel Keyes refused to change the ending to make it happier