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TIL bacteria outnumbers human cells by at least 10-1 in our bodies. Damn it feels good to be a superorganism.

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BEmx TIL Mandela wasn’t removed from the US Terror List until 2008.
dDErE TIL that Nelson Rockefeller, once Vice President of the United States, died at age 70 of a heart attack rumoured to be caused during sex with his 25 year old assistant. The New York Magazine quipped: "Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going".
R5nl7 TIL about 'Lynching Postcards,' which were photos of lynching victims produced for half a century in the United States. They continued production even after the USPS banned them from being mailed.
vjgL TIL Most scholars accept the story of Dhul-Qarnayn in the Quran is a reference to Alexander the Great
DYPj TIL The platypus was once considered to be a myth like Bigfoot or The Yeti