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TILL of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. A genus of bacteria that hunts other bacteria

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e8Kk TIL that the reason so many traditional legal terms come in pairs (aid and abet, null and void, part and parcel, will and testament) is that old English courts used English terms along with Latin or French terms to avoid confusion.
nZ7 TIL Lt. Worf was originally supposed to be a very minor character.
b6WR7 TIL Cigarette Smoking Makes Your Penis Shrink
EgG8W TIL that in order to repay its debt to the IMF, South Korea began a gold collecting campaign in 1998. The three month campaign saw 3.5 million citizens donate 227 tons of gold, worth about $2.13 billion
wLrM6 TIL Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.