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TIL two women discovered a 1000-year-old Viking/Saxon recipe that kills MRSA and Anti-Biotic resistant Super Infections.

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j4rE TIL a bacteria, Paracoccus denitrificans, not only survived in an ultracentrifuge with high speeds corresponding to 403,627 g, but actually had robust cellular growth. Hyperaccelerations like this are found on very massive stars and the shockwaves of super novas.
m1Mv TIL that if you press NumLock for 5 seconds you can turn on ‘Toggle Keys’ which will play a sound whenever you hit CAPS LOCK or NUM LOCK. Works in WIN 7 too!
j6rYn TIL, that the first pyramid in Pharaonic Egypt wasn't Khufu's pyramid (the great pyramid of giza), However it was his father's (sneferu) known as the "Bent Pyramid," located in Dahshur.
yeVM TIL on the British version of “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire”, a man managed to cheat the game and win £1,000,000 through a simple system of coughs.
47MJ TIL That if the United States makes it past June 2019 without a recession this would be the longest time in American history