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

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J16n1 TIL that Steven Spielberg is an accomplished Eagle Scout and started filming by taking his dads movie camera on scout trips. At age 17, he wrote and directed his first independent film called Firelight that would later inspire Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
okwo TIL machine guns mounted on early propeller aircraft had to be timed to fire bullets through the spinning blades without hitting them
Oo7N4 TIL that Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is under copyright. The speech will remain under copyright in the United States until 70 years after King's death, through 2038.
1mRO TIL “a typical can of Coca Cola contains as much sugar as three and half Krispy Kreme Donuts”
67w7 TIL: A 33-year-old mother took the place of her 15-year-old daughter to attend high school and join the cheerleading team.