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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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x64JD TIL that New Kids on the Block, widely considered the first breakout boy band, was created by music executive Maurice Starr as a "white alternative" to the R&B group New Edition.
k5G1 TIL the trailer for the 1992 film Patriot Games has a tagline “There’s never been a terrorist attack on American soil”, however the producers decided to leave it out of the final film as it sounded too much like an invitation or dare.
8aEAa TIL In 2008, a man made $50,000, penny by penny, by opening thousands of fake accounts and pocketing the 1 or 2 cent verification deposits
N7a0e TIL that the Tongue-eating Louse that crawls into a fish's gills and essentially eats their tongue to live there for the rest of their lives. The fish just uses the isopod as its own tongue.
rN4lM TIL of the world's longest humanitarian airlift, which provided supplies during the Siege of Sarajevo between 3 July 1992 and 9 January 1996