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TIL that one millilitre of sea water can contain up to ten million virus particles. That volume of sea water may also contain a million bacteria whereas sea sediment and soil can contain up to a billion virus particles per cubic centimetre.

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e0xOb TIL Lily Allen wrote a song dissing her brother Alfie in 2007, criticizing him for his lazy behavior. Since then he's done well for himself best known for playing Theon Greyjoy in HBO's Game of Thrones.
QNKMk TIL Crabs' claws and limbs have been successfully regenerated in their emptied-out eye sockets
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8e6MG TIL in 1945 there were statues created from the measurements of 15,000 American men and women, representing the average size and shape of a U.S. citizen. They were named Normman and Norma.