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TIL: While attempting to gather blood for testing from a frozen mammoth the blood was found in ice cavities. When the cavities were broken the blood came running out.

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JAak TIL: The driest place on Earth gets 4 inches of rain every 1000 years.
vP0xB TIL about Operation X-Ray, a WW2 program to develop an incendiary bomb attached to the chests of bats. Dropped in a tube over Japanese cities, it was thought that the bats would go to roost under the eaves of the largely wooden buildings, and when the timed devices went off, the cities would burn.
GYbxg TIL that inhaled rubbing alcohol relieves nausea & vomiting better than a prescription antiemetic widely used for chemo patients
b9Z47 TIL: There is around $60 billion of unclaimed treasure still under the sea.
Q6Qd TIL Most all road signs in the US are made by prison inmates