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TIL That some bacteria have tiny magnetic crystals that help them avoid oxygen by sensing the earth's magnetic field.

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R7kgw TIL the nests (beds) that Chimpanzees make for themselves on tree tops are much cleaner, containing fewer microbes and parasites, compared to human beds.
loR1G TIL, former Air Force Capt. Robert Salas, who was at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana in 1967 when 10 ICMs he was overseeing suddenly became deactivated - at the same time base security informed him of a mysterious red glowing object in the sky
OolxR TIL I learned Angry Bird is the most popular mobile video game of all-time
4Xabb TIL Canadian Inuk writer Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk never had formal education before she was twenty. In the 1950s, she started writing a novel in Inuktitut syllabics when a missionary asked her to write some sentences in Inuktitut so he could learn the language
epRRg TIL about the Hiller Flying Platform, a 1950s hoverboard.