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TIL some bacteria might generate, and communicate with radio waves.

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1b1X TIL there were more people in the Americas than in Europe at the time of first contact… 90% were then destroyed by plague
oRAxA TIL in 499 century BC, king Histaiaeus (ancient Greece) sent secret military messages tattooed on bald heads of messengers. After the hair regrew, they sent the messengers. In the destination they were shaved again to reveal the message.
jOMv TIL: In 1994, Guns N Roses bassist Duff McKagan decided to invest $100k of his new GNR money in local Seattle companies, including an expanding chain of coffee shops, a software company and an online book seller - Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon.
6Yal TIL the doctor who discovered washing hands could practically eliminate fatal infections was committed to an asylum by his staff and beaten to death by guards.
epNjn TIL in 2010, a 16-year-old Canadian discovered that his two parents were actually not Canadian, but KGB spies living under fake names Donald and Tracey.