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TIL it’s possible to find DNA on a cigarette butt in the street, sequence it, and 3D print a very accurate face from it.

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QVDM TIL that during a 2012 study done in eastern Germany, the researchers could not find a single person under the age of 28 who believed in God.
oBNyW TIL of "Project Prevention", a program which pays drug addicts $300 to sterilize themselves. It was begun by a woman who adopted 8 children from drug-addicted mothers.
ZPxG TIL That the Japanese built an attraction park that is a replica of a Dutch city complete with famous landmarks costing $2,5 billion
5RjB TIL that pilots and flight crews are federally classified by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as “radiation workers” and receive higher doses of radiation than all other US radiation-exposed workers.
YpRkG TIL while trying to create a pig in Minecraft, Markus Persson accidentally switched the length and height in code and ended up with the monstrosity now known as a creeper.