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TIL that nematodes (C. elegans) from an experiment aboard the US space shuttle Columbia were found alive in the wreckage of the shuttle disaster in 2003.

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ZMZQ TIL the Sun has completed 18-20 orbits of the Milky Way galaxy since its birth but it has only completed 1/1250th of its orbit since the dawn of humans.
8aj7b TIL that when people in the UK talk about eating “baked beans on toast”, they’re not referring to the US-style baked beans that consist of a brown sugar base. They have a completely different style of baked beans with a tomato base.
yVWgl TIL, “Catsup” is one of the earlier variations of the word that eventually evolved into “ketchup.” While “ketchup” now specifically refers to the tomato sauce, “catsup” originally described a wider variety of sauces, not necessarily tomato-based.
R5gG8 TIL That some people are unable to burp or have gurgle burps due to a disorder called R-CPD
mxX6o TIL JUUL is the only electronic cigarette product found with nicotine concentrations high enough to be toxic in standard cytotoxicity tests. The nicotine found in JUUL products is about 61 milligrams per milliliter of fluid in pods—equivalent to more than one pack of conventional cigarettes.