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TIL DNA has a half-life of approximately 521 years, meaning that it would be broken down so much as to be useless after about 1 million years.

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9wD8B TIL Tapwater contains 2 mg/L of chlorine to remove germs and bacteria.
XVBX TIL: Huddie Ledbetter also known as “Lead Belly” was convicted on charges of murder and attempted murder, Lead Belly literally sang his way to freedom, receiving pardons from the governors of Texas and Louisiana. He would eventually be inducted into the Rock-N-Roll hall of fame.
gM6xX TIL To Catch a Predator was cancelled because a Texas District Attorney committed suicide after being caught exchanging photos with an underage boy.
pYo48 TIL the reason that purple has traditionally been associated with royalty was because, in Ancient Rome, the only source of purple was milking and fermenting the liquid from a snail. It took 12,000 snails to produce 1 gram of dye! This made the Caesars declare it their exclusive color.
GMDJ TIL: We don’t need to drink less soda, according to research funded by Coca-Cola