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TIL that scientist have produced glow in the dark cats, as a part of AIDS research

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AD87n TIL that there is a cancer called Acral Melanoma that is common in dark skinned people, but isn’t caused by sun exposure. It forms in innocuous places like under the toenail - this was what caused the death of Bob Marley
WkOOo TIL I learned in 1963 someone in east Berlin escaped to west Berlin by stealing a tank and driving it through the Berlin wall
N7Xj8 TIL about presyncope, a medical condition many people have in which their vision goes black for a brief time after standing up.
OobwR TIL I learned the 1994 movie title 'The Santa Clause' is a pun and not the correct spelling of "Santa Claus."
69ldm TIL the states of Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas officially recognize Confederate Memorial Day as a state holiday.