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TIL Australia straight-up lost a prime-minister in 1967. He still hasn’t been found.

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9YZGp TIL after rigorously training dogs for space travel, Soviet scientist had a dog named Bobik run away days before their flight. A replacement named ZIB who was an untrained street dog found running around the barracks, was quickly located and made a successful flight.
bM6j TIL that there are more museums in the U.S. than Starbucks and McDonalds combined.
5ryr TIL that the last native Prince of Wales disappeared at the end of his rebellion in 1412 and managed to remain hidden despite a large bounty and an eventual pardon. His fate and location have remained a closely guarded family secret for over 600 years.
b9EnE TIL Joe Exotic was actually married 5 times in total
KYK66 TIL about PCR, which is a technique to make billions of copies of a specific DNA from a very small sample. The mix containing DNA is repeatedly heated and cooled, this breaks the DNA molecule and then duplicates it exponentially. The secret? A bacteria living in hot springs has a special enzyme