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TIL A dead body left on Mars would dry out and mummify better than Egyptian mummies. The first few stages — algor mortis (body cools), livor mortis (blood pools), and rigor mortis (muscles stiffen) — would still take place. But there would be no other overt signs of decomposition.

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LkOev TIL that pea plants are able to associate stimuli with reward, similar to Pavlov's dog. Pea plants were conditioned to associate light with the presence of a fan.
nWnWW TIL that in 1944, double agent Arabel/Garbo was awarded the German Iron Cross and, four months later, the Order of the British Empire Medal. Along with Lauri Törni, he is one of the few people to have received a military distinction from both the Axis and the Allies.
rR4e TIL some fish and crab are “immortal”, e.i. they never die of old age, as enzymes in their cells repair can repair their DNA indefinitely.
WLVo TIL that there is a Native American tribe of ultra-runners known as the Tarahumara. They can run 200 miles non-stop, and play running games that go on for up to 2 days without breaks. They use the toe-strike method of running instead of the traditonal heel-strike.
e0KBL TIL In the Roman Empire, the legal phrase for "committing theft" was "furtum faciendum" which translates literally as "doing a sneak" (48.8.1)