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TIL China sent seeds into space to see the effects of cosmic radiation on DNA. Some of the seeds had very useful mutations after being sent up.

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wo6RW TIL you can get killed from fermented food (by a bacterium that contaminates it)
ADMad TIL when Ted Bundy was put on trial, women would send him fan mail, many of which included nude pictures or marriage proposals. Groupies would even show up to the courtroom wearing hoop earrings with their hair parted down the middle, on the assumption that this style matched his victims.
wPo TIL Guinness bought every British soldier in WWII a pint on Christmas Day. They would pay half your wages to your family while at war, guaranteed job when returning, funeral expenses, vacations, childrens’ education, scholarships, and paid wages 20% higher than other breweries (see more in link).
QPoe TIL the Paraguayan War (1864-70) was proportionally the most devastating war in modern history; it left Paraguay with less than 15% of its prewar population and with a 1:4 male to female ratio!
E1Vo0 TIL that The Natural was filmed in 1983 with a 46 year old Robert Redford. Wilford Brimley was 48 at the time.