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TIL scientists have created glow-in-the-dark cats by inserting the jellyfish protein that codes for bioluminescence into their genome

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wXM TIL that there’s a museum in Europe that displays only objects that were meaningful to heartbroken exes.
BgXmK TIL of witch camps in Ghana where women accused of witchcraft flee to for safety. Some of these camps are over 100 years old
Paxw TIL The Nintendo Game Company is 123 years old
oRKdY TIL most of the people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 were girls/women aged 14-23. In addition, the doors were locked (preventing escape), a common practice of the time to reduce theft and breaks by workers. Many women people jumped out of the 8/9/10th floors
NOM TIL that when looking at a rainbow the angle between the tip of your shadow and the top of the rainbow will always be 42°.