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TIL that crocodile blood can cure HIV and the antibiotic resistant bacteria 'MRSA'.

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brK0 TIL in literature there is a principle called Chekhov’s gun. This principle requires that every element in a text is necessary with no extra information at all.
MewW TIL Muslims do not “struggle” to pray in space, and Islamic scholars have convened on the topic twice and published their scholarly opinions in “Muslim Obligations in the International Space Station”
QnyM TIL the first (likely) artificial sweetener made by mankind poisoned a lot of Romans, due to its lead acetate content.
9Y8AX TIL dogs may have domesticated themselves. Historically, humans hunted wolves almost to extinction. This only changed when the boldest and friendliest scavenger wolves approached humans. Only then did the benefits of canine companionship become apparent.
4kOr6 TIL that the blobfish is actually a normal looking fish, it just decompresses when you take it out of extreme depths.