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TIL that there is a plan to send fertilized frozen embryos to habitable planets nearby. The newborns will be raised by robots who will build a civilization while the babies are growing.

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E11OW TIL that captive orcas still hunt. They use bait to catch wild birds.
9w6gr TIL in 2020 a Venezuelan naval ship was sunk by an unarmed German cruse ship when it tried to ram it into its territorial waters. The RCGS Resolute, designed with an ice-strengthened bulbous bow, took only minor damage.
nwjG TIL a Harvard business school professor in Boston threatened to sue a Chinese restaurant, because the prices on their website were out of date. He was over charged a total of $4.
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