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TIL: Scientists have discovered how to change human leukemia cells into harmless immune cells

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VMmpQ TIL in an effort to keep birds of prey away from airports, French scientists discovered that raptors were repelled by an LED screen featuring a "googly eyes" image that appears to enlarge. Screens at an airport with over 8,000 bird sightings successfully reduced raptor visits during a 5 week trial.
x6Bko TIL Michael Jackson only agreed to 10 shows for his "This is It" concert series but his managers went ahead and increased it to 50. His father Joe Jackson was concerned from the beginning that promoters were pushing Michael too hard, resulting in his death
p8RJG TIL that Four out of five members of Congress continued to drink alcohol during Prohibition
p86Np Today I Learned that Matthew Perry (Chandler from Friends) made his debut on British television playing a shy character whose life changes for the better as he begins to charm people by throwing his dog in the air, in a show called "The Dog Thrower".
7AJx TIL That when Fredric J. Baur, the inventor of the Pringles can, died, he was cremated and buried in a Pringles can, as per his wishes.