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TIL that Dolly the Sheep was NOT the first cloned animal. Scientists had been cloning amphibians like frogs since the 1950s, 40 years before Dolly was born.

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WA09 TIL it has been 20 minutes since the Cubs last won the World Series
WkKMB TIL there are “witch camps” in Ghana where women accused of witchcraft can flee for their lives. They live in squalid conditions for the rest of their lives unless a priest determines their innocence by killing a chicken and watching how it dies.
bm4N TIL each older brother increases a man’s odds of having a homosexual orientation by 28–48%. This only applies for right-handed men.
X055X TIL. Murdoch renounced his Australian citizenship to become an American citizen. Your’e welcome
MeOZV TIL that the secret police in Communist Romania subjected the leaders of a 1977 coal miners’ strike to 5-minute chest X-rays to ensure that they developed cancer