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TIL Viruses called Pandoraviruses and some bacteria, were found frozen in 30,000-year-old permafrost (ground that is continually frozen) in Siberia. In 2016 there was an anthrax outbreak in Siberia that killed one person and many animals. It’s thought that permafrost melting exposed the bacteria.

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p8Y8O TIL the Norris-Bittaker tape; an audio recording of a murder so brutal that it is used to desensitize potential FBI agents. It has been deemed too gruesome to be released to the public, and an officer took his own life after hearing it.
x64Qk TIL Stanford University rejected 69% of the applicants with a perfect SAT score between 2008-2013.
nWE7W TIL in 2012 After his pet passed away, a man turned his cat into a flying dead cat quadcopter.
rNloe TIL The brown color of feces comes from the pigment bilirubin, and old red blood cell breakdown. It is yellowish and also excreted in the urine due to high water solubility.
lopwK TIL: Balbir Singh an Indian Sikh also known as "Eco Baba" single-handedly cleaned and restored the 160 Km (110 mile) long Kali Bein river in the region of Punjab, India. he was later awarded the indian civilian award Padmashri in 2017.