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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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R5VXl TIL That Slovenia ranks at the very top of the EU Member States in terms of the number of beekeepers per capita at 5 bee keepers per 1 thousand inhabitants.
ADVpB TIL: American companies were THE number one entities that helped Germany rearm them selves after WWI, illegally.
VBnDD TIL that smaller craters on Mars are named after towns with a population of less than 10,000.
kOLm TIL the deepest hole ever drilled reached 7.6 miles (12.3 km) before drilling was stopped because the temperature at that depth became too high at 356°F (180°C)
YxEB TIL: when an older scientist loses touch with scientific reality and goes berserk the polite term to describe this is “going emeritus”