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TIL It's theorized that Mitochondrion were originally a separate organism which became incorporated symbiotically into other bacteria at some point

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4MN5 TIL that you can tell identical twin babies apart from their navels, since navel is a scar and thus they’re different.
W7kaL TIL the city of Sodo in Ethiopia only gets up to 57F (14C) average temperatures in the summer despite being near the equator because of its location in the Ethiopian Highlands. The city's highest point is roughly 1700 ft higher than Denver.
4XDo TIL Coca Cola had to recall a $200,000 campaign because the artist hid a blowjob image in the poster
9YEpX TIL of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program, a failed project by the US Air Force to develop a nuclear powered jet engine
R5LG9 TIL At some point after the battle of Drepana, in which the roman navy was wiped, Claudia, the roman commander's sister got stuck in a traffic jam, and in a bit of road rage she yelled "i wish my brother was still alive to lose another navy and thin that crowd". She was tried for treason