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TIL that the H. L. Hunley submarine was the first sub in recorded history to sink an enemy warship.

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78gRX TIL that, in 2011, researchers at the Mayo Clinic created cats that would give off a green glow under ultraviolet light. The goal was not to fluoresce cats, but to track the progress of gene modification while searching for a treatment for Feline AIDS.
4Nd6 TIL That a company called The SeaStead Institute is trying to establish permanent autonomous ocean communities to enable social, political and legal system experiments. They plan on launching their first island 2014 and had recieved 500 000 dollar donation by a Co founder of PayPal
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