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TIL A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life.

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x50D TIL many areas are using a beet juice and salt mixture on their roads to keep them from freezing over. The beet juice prevents roads from icing over in temperatures up to -25°C, making it more effective than using a salt brine. A beet juice mixture is also less toxic to the environment.
8aWE4 TIL of Koča Popović, a Yugoslav politician and Spanish Civil War veteran who is referred to as "The man who saved the Partisans" because of his breakthrough plans during Operation Southeast Croatia and at the Battle of Sutjeska both of which could have led to the annihilation of the resistance.
ZOe4 TIL when stepped on a landmine it never makes a soft “click” and explode after the pressure is lifted like in the movies. It explodes the moment you step on it.
GYyL4 TIL That, during the War of the Currents, Thomas Edison became so desperate to convince people that Tesla's current was more harmful than his own, that he began paying young boys 25 cents per stray dog they brought him, so he could publicly electrocute them with Tesla's current to prove his point.
69PQQ TIL it is no longer acceptable to use hydrogen peroxide on cuts.