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TIL in 2017, a baby was born 4 years after his parents died in a car crash. The grandparents fought a legal battle to be allowed to use the couple's embryos, which had been frozen in liquid nitrogen, and after the birth, all 4 grandparents took DNA tests to establish that the baby was their grandson

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jNdjn TIL George Stathakis went down Niagara Falls in a barrel. However, the barrel got stuck behind a curtain of water and he could not be recovered for 18 hours. He only had air supply for eight hours and died of suffocation. Stathakis went down with his 150 year old turtle, which survived the ordeal.
x6EY5 TIL that the Xbox 360 (2005) and the PS3 (2006) are now older than the SNES (1990) was when they were released, making them retro consoles.
85J4 TIL The beginning of History is marked by the invention of the library. The first libraries consisted of archives of the earliest form of writing, cuneiform tablets discovered in temple rooms in Sumer dating back to 2600 BC. These archives mark the end of prehistory and the beginning of history.
BgOEW TIL that cats get named “mittens”or “boots” or “socks” so often because of white fur on their paws (hey, they look like mittens, boots, or socks). It was right there in front of me my whole life. It just suddenly entered my brain as I was talking to my daughter about “Mittens” rhymes with kittens…
am5y TIL of “long egg”. Hard-boiled re-engineered eggs, 3 foot long (1 meter), used by the food service industry that yields a CONSISTENT amounts of yolk and equal size when sliced - also is easy to transport.