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TIL “new car smell” is carcinogenic.

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vPMOK TIL the only child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI to survive the French Revolution was their daughter, Marie Thérèse. At 15, she spent over a year in solitary confinement with no books, letters, or writing tools. She lived 55 more years, dying in 1851.
WkngA TIL nerve cell proteins can be genetically engineered & remotely controlled by radio waves and magnetic fields, by attaching them to an iron-storing protein called ferritin
oBArr TIL Dictatus papae, 27 powers arrogated to the pope, including papal supremacy, such as: Only the Pope can with right be called "Universal". All princes shall kiss the feet of the Pope alone. His name alone shall be spoken in the churches. His title is unique in the world. No one may judge him.
r8gW TIL: The RNA Tie Club was a scientific gentleman’s club created to “solve the riddle of the RNA structure and… how it built proteins”.The motto was “do or die; or don’t try”. The 20 members each had a designated amino acid and a tie. They would exchange ideas over cigars and alcohol. 8 won Nobels.
yQoNa TIL: The Soviets tried to poison the leader of Afghanistan but the Coca-Cola they put it in saved his life.