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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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dWxQ TIL, That Nutella varies in taste and texture depending on which country its sold in.
6JeJ TIL that, to stop the theft of trees in public parks near Christmas time, some cities spray would-be Christmas trees with fox urine. It freezes and is odorless outdoors, but would be unbearable and irremovable if taken into someone’s home.
XEJ8X TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.
Qy7a TIL that the Indian serial killer Thug Behram is credited with murdering 931 people. He was executed in 1840.
b9rej TIL due to lifestyle changes over the last 150 years, the average human body temperature has decreased from 98.6 Fahrenheit to around 97.5