› added 4 years ago

126

TIL that the FDA has a document based around cloning animals

Read more fda.gov

via reddit.com

4Xk4X TIL that adults who are blind from birth gesture when they talk, and these gestures resemble the gestures of sighted adults speaking the same language.
epBgL TIL fiber optics can be found in nature, in the deep sea, and they are more flexible than the man made ones
8epNK TIL The first person clinically diagnosed with Autism is still alive. Donald Grey Triplett who is 89 years old.
vPpOD TIL Taylor Swift received an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from New York University and addressed the class of 2022. Swift had never had the opportunity to don a cap and gown before her moment at NYU
oRYOr TIL that heirs to the throne of the Ottoman Empire were kept under house-arrest in the "Cage" from puberty until death (or becoming sultan), and it was common for a new sultan to have his brothers killed, including infants, sometimes dozens at once, to reduce the number of claimants to the throne.