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TIL scientists have revived 1,500 year old Antarctic moss in a laboratory

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Z8P9D TIL There is a network of colleges that advocate the use of open licensed textbooks with professors adopting these books into their curriculum. As more textbooks are adopted, eventually students will less likely have to buy textbook for their courses in the future
awaRL TIL About Ivaylo of Bulgaria, a peasant who incited and lead a revolt, defeated a mongol army, personally killed the Tsar on the battlefield, and became Tsar of Bulgaria.
mRXR TIL There’s an episode of Married with Children that Fox refused to air. The plot revolved around Al/Peg making a sex tape and Marcy/Steve making a sex tape. The episode was produced in 1988 but did not air for the first time until cable syndication in 2002. Even now, the reruns are heavily edited.
pMG8 TIL- In 1935 Congress “declared war on soil erosion and enlisted kudzu as a primary weapon. More than 70 million kudzu seedlings were grown in nurseries by the newly created Soil Conservation Service.”
Br0ny TIL Since 1967, February 29th has been the official birthday of Superman, but not Clark Kent.