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TIL in 1960 David Latimer planted a glass bottle (terrarium) with seed and he last watered it in 1972. It was sealed then and is still sustaining itself.

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VMvD0 TIL After eating garlic, its sulfur compounds are released not only in the mouth but also in the gut, from which they seep into the lungs and skin. To prevent garlic breath, plant chemicals like chlorophyll and polyphenols bind to sulfur compounds in garlic and help neutralize odor
m1NQR TIL soon after Bergen-Belsen was liberated, Private Sol Goldberg, with a nearby Canadian unit, smuggled supplies into the camp and used an operating room to illegally treat survivors. He was once caught smuggling supplies into the camp; instead of punishing him, his officers donated more supplies.
6ENYl TIL that Russian cosmonauts used to carry a gun into space, in case they missed their landing spot and got stranded in the Siberian wilderness.
QMwe TIL that WWE superstar John Cena has granted over 300 wishes for the Make-A-Wish foundation.
ZJbB TIL that while chimpanzees can be violent, mankind’s closest relative –the bonobo– has never once been observed killing another member of the same species.