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TIL about Dr. Hwang Woo-suk: The Scientist Who Cloned a Dog and the Infamous Stem Cell Research Scandal, but No Success in Human Cloning

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OojxL TIL that former Beatle Ringo Starr has been “painting” since the mid-90s in MSPaint. His works have been shown in major galleries and are regularly put up for sale for thousands of dollars.
oRPlA TIL they had car phones in the 1940s
1aR5X TIL that the "red eye" effect in flash photographs is caused by the flash bouncing off your retina. When you see "red eye", you are literally seeing the back of your eyeball through your dilated pupils.
wLZm1 TIL about Nameless, Texas. After submitting six names in order to get a post office and having all six rejected, citizens responded by stating, "Let the post office be nameless and be damned!" The government accepted this suggestion and the town of Nameless was born.
9YJAD TIL - Companies can be affected by the names of other organizations and it is called Damaging Doppelgangers.