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TIL Scientists are close to achieving "de-extinction" projects using CRISPR technology, which could bring back extinct species like woolly mammoths and the Dodo bird

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grLrX TIL about Nguni Stick Fighting, a South African martial art. Fighters, armed with two long sticks, spar until blood is drawn or the referee intervenes. It's popular at weddings where it’s seen as a way for the newlyweds’ families to get to know each other. Nelson Mandela practiced it as a child.
5VloQ TIL the 1958 song Rumble by Link Wray was banned on several radio stations in the US for glorifying juvenile delinquency, despite having no lyrics at all
9YRyX TIL Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury threw a party where he had dwarves walk around with plates full of cocaine strapped to the tops of their heads, as an offering to his guests.
Qlm9 TIL To combat waves of kids poking each other in the eye, Moses Horwitz (Moe of The Three Stooges) got The Three Stooges to appear on TV shows to demonstrate how they did this trick safely
epW44 TIL that the most venomous snake in the world is not a sea snake but the Inland Taipan, from Australia.