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TIL about DNA memory, memories that pass genetically through generations, experts have said that the environment can affect an individual's genetics, which can in turn be passed on.

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9YJAM TIL: Sweden Almost Had Nuclear Weapons - By the mid-1960s, Sweden has enough fissile material to build a bomb in six months. To deliver the weapon they designed the Saab 36, a twin-engine Mach 2+ supersonic bomber.
wEGM TIL In 1995, current US House Speaker John Boehner was caught handing out cheques from the tobacco lobby on the floor of the House of Representatives just before a vote on cutting tobacco subsidies.
Rwv9 TIL that Nicolas Cage preferred doing a scene where he picked up a poisonous copperhead rather than one that had no poison because it would relax him and he wouldn’t have to act.
QJ6JL TIL that 87 men died on the Potomac after two ships collided while searching for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
DQwjr TIL that in 1992, the United States Department of Commerce prohibited the manufacture, sale, and shipping of toy guns unless they have an orange tip or are entirely brightly colored.