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TIL an international group of seven people are keyholders for verifying the authenticity of DNS entries, essentially enabling them to ‘restart’ DNS / the internet in the event of a catastrophe.

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eplgJ TIL of Mo-99—a radioactive isotope of Molybdenum used in hospitals to produce the radioactive tracer Technetium-99m (for medical imaging). Mo-99's half-life is just 66 hours, and is made commercially in only 4 nuclear reactors around the world, most of which are reaching the end of their life.
7814p TIL- Pocahontas had one son with her second husband John Rolfe. That son, had one daughter named Jane Rolfe. In 1887, a book was published that found that Pocahontas had thousands of descendants. That number has more recently been updated to reveal over 30,000 named descendants.
gMkX4 TIL that modern manufacturing has made it nearly impossible to spot a fake Rolex.
9wZjQ TIL that Male otters will hold their pups for ransom to force the mother to give up their food
Z8p9p TIL American soldiers took Japanese skulls as trophies during WWII, even sending them home as souvenirs.