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TIL that several human genes had to be renamed because Excel would auto-format their original names (like SEPT1) into dates and it was causing issues for data storage

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LJ00 TIL Steel loses 90% of it’s strength at 50% of the melting point and doesn’t need to melt to have a structural failure
KGlR TIL over 80% of antibiotics in the U.S. are given to farm animals. Antibiotics help them gain weight and stay healthy in overcrowded conditions, but also encourage antibiotic resistant bacteria that spread to workers and meat consumers. Pfizer has spent $900,000 fighting a bill to stop the practice.
1xAW TIL that the Chicago Cubs were the first baseball team to win back-to-back World Series; and haven’t won since
djd9 TIL a pair of tortoises have been further into space than any human being. They went around the Moon in Zond 5, before returning to Earth. Both tortoises survived.
wLxB7 TIL a game company hired Yakuza to kidnap a game developers sister because he decided to work with nintendo