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TIL that in 2021, scientists successfully revived microscopic organisms called rotifers that had been frozen in Siberian permafrost for 24,000 years, and they were still able to reproduce.

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R5Moj TIL of Ladino, an amalgamation of Hebrew and Old Spanish spoken by some of the descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain.
rY4W TIL researchers printed out a beating mouse heart using a modified printer with cells in the ink cartridge.
xOvB TIL a male tiger in India adopted a litter of tiger cubs. He shares his food with them and plays with them. This has never been observed before.
PYjne TIL that in the Cadiz expedition, Edward Cecil's men sought wine vats after disembarking, having had no food or drink for hours, and got so hopelssly drunk the expedition had to turn back.
pY4MO TIL that divorce is illegal in two places in the world: Philippines (except Muslims who have the right to divorce) and the Vatican City, an ecclesiastical sovereign city-state, which has no procedure for divorce.