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TIL in 1953, after co-discovering the structure for DNA, Francis Crick stormed into The Eagle pub - interrupting people’s lunch - to announce they’d “discovered the secret of life.” The pub serves ‘Eagle’s DNA’ beer to this day.

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x5R7 TIL The African elephant has only 4 teeth. Each of them weighs 5kg and is 30cm long.
mvpv TIL That the Laws of War allow soldiers to wear an enemy’s uniform, but does not allow them to engage in combat while wearing the uniform.
N7ynN TIL the majority of nukes ever detonated were done so outside Las Vegas -- over 1,000. You could see mushroom clouds from the hotels.
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p0eO TIL that there is a phenomenon while we sleep known as Hypermnesia that seems to prove we have access to more memories while dreaming than in waking life.