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TIL: After an IVF mix up, 2 mothers gave birth to each other's babies. Four months after giving birth, the California families swapped babies to return the children to their rightful parents.

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jN0jR TIL the fastest-advancing solar technology as of 2016 was the Perovskite solar cell. This type of solar cell, made of a hybrid organic-inorganic lead or tin halide-based material, has the potential to achieve higher efficiency and lower cost than any solar cell currently commercially available.
epR7b TIL Zurich's historic Semper Observatory showcases around 300 measuring instruments, sundials, astrolabes, and the telescope that astronomer Rudolf Wolf used to count sunspots. Wolf was a pioneer in the topic of sunspot research
yOkp TIL that the scene where Aragorn tosses Gimli during the Battle of Helm’s Deep in The Twin Towers film is a joke on the actual sport of “dwarf tossing”
Py6V TIL Andrew Jackson’s inauguration party at the White House was open to the public. A rowdy crowd of thousands caused major damage, and were only lured outside by bowls of alcoholic punch, which were placed on the White House lawn.
GYx97 TIL that Hello kitty is the second highest-grossing media franchise after Pokémon