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TIL that in 2013 a scientist injected human brain cells into a mouse brain, which improved the mouse's memory and capacity to learn

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epd7n TIL that Norse people occupied and lived in Greenland before the Inuits (those descending from the Thule people of North America). Even so, the Inuits are considered the indigenous people of the island and they renamed all the cities from Danish when Greenland was granted home rule
wLdPW TIL that after the release of the 1996 film Scream, which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.
ANl4w TIL about “exclusion water” or the process of adding an extra hydrogen molecule to your water in order to “improve your life”. Snake oil never changes.
P1wJ TIL The New York Times wrote an article about each individual September 11th victim.
Nbwb TIL that a retired Major General suggested in 1935 that wars could be avoided by drafting the upper class before the rest.