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TIL a medium-sized dog has the same environmental cost as a SUV

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gMVb TIL American astronauts on the ISS can vote in elections from orbit by secure email
wea6 TIL personal genomics company 23andMe has used customer genetic information to obtain a patent to test for propensity to develop Parkinson’s disease, and has also received a patent allowing parents to hand-pick genes for their children.
n95b TIL that hockey player Rich Peverley died on the bench from a cardiac episode, got revived by defibrillator, then asked to be put back in the game.
v17JB Today I learned that seasonal depression is officially referred to as “seasonal affective disorder” and is abbreviated as SAD
Nl8e TIL Destroying a mailbox carries a fine up to 250,000 dollars and up to 3 years in jail