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TIL that scientists have created kittens that glow in the dark to help fight AIDS

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JBMB TIL that more than 90% of all zippers in the world are made by the japanese based company YKK
DQ09Y TIL that the longest golf ball drive was hit in 1992 by Carl Cooper – 787 yards at the 1992 Texas Open.
e0Kk6 TIL that elephants change teeth throughout their life, when they get old this process stops, the last teeth get worn down and they starve, this is the main cause of death for mature elephants.
ZbDv TIL while in college during the Prohibition era, Dr. Seuss was caught drinking gin with friends in his dorm room. He was forced to write under a pen-name to dodge his ban from writing for the school’s humor magazine. Thus, Theodore Geisel chose his now-legendary pseudonym.
KYLkw TIL about Moorish Americans who claim to be Indigenous to North America and so do not have to obey traffic laws, pay taxes and are entitled to squat in unoccupied houses. (Despite being normal American citizens by law) I don't imagine real Native Americans are amused by these guys