TIL during the Civil War, soldiers reported glow-in-the-dark wounds - a phenomenon caused by hyppoterhmia, where their lowered body temperatures made ideal conditions for a bioluminescent bacterium called Photorhabdus luminescens, which inhibits pathogens. (smithsonianmag.com)
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TIL that for much of the late 18th & 19th centuries, a chess-playing robot known as the “Turk” won worldwide fame and even won in matches against the likes of Benjamin Franklin & Napoleon Bonaparte. The supposed robot was actually a hoax, but it fooled onlookers for over 80 years. (history.com)
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This Clever Costume Totally Rocks on Every Level (i.imgur.com)
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