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TIL that 45 million year old yeast extracted from amber was revived and used to brew beer, launching the Fossil Fuels Brewing Company

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R7OP4 TIL about Alexander Winton, who built and sold the first American-made gasoline car on March 24, 1898. The public was skeptical. "To advocate replacing the horse, which had served man through centuries, marked one as an imbecile."
QJ9xa TIL Dnieper Hydroelectric Station project used the experience gained from the construction of the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations at Niagara Falls among others. Six American engineers were awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour for it.
W7VgX TIL Poetica Vaginal. Joe Davis an artist and research affiliate at MIT transmitted the sounds of vaginal contractions towards neighbouring star systems. To do so, he recorded the vaginal contractions of ballet dancers.
R5ggQ TIL that Pulp in Orange Juice is removed in the process of pasturization, and then re-added later to create the different levels of pulped juices for food safety.
p89PO TIL a Secret Service employee at 7 World Trade Center, commended for his rescue work on 9/11, stole cars recovered on ground zero and gave them to his mother and daughter after producing false paperwork stating that the cars had been crushed at Fresh Kills.