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TIL Virologists generally believe that viruses are a form of life, but developed independently from cell-based life multiple times. To classify them, virologists use a modified taxonomical hierarchy with a rank called Realm above Kingdom to denote an instance of independently developed life.

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mxEaY TIL that Aztecs were one of the few ancient civilizations where education was mandatory for everyone, boys and girls from all social status were educated at home and later at schools (although the kind of school depended on gender and class)
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