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TIL All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites

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kOLO5 TIL that colour photography has existed as far back as the 1850s
keE4 TIL all humans are capable of hibernating.
KOZw9 TIL hummingbirds consume between 3.14 - 7.6 calories per day and a human with similar metabolism would consume about 155,000 calories in a day.
yV7Ya TIL that the area of Tunisia Lucas used for the Star Wars Tatooine scenes was actually called "Tataouine" IRL.
VMedD TIL there are no such thing as "Alpha Wolf". A scientist named L.David Mech wrote a book which popularized this term ,only to found out he made a mistake and the dominant wolves were just the parent of the pack.