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TIL a 2022 study included a mouse that was produced from a single unfertilized egg (parthenogenesis) and grew to adulthood & successfully reproduced, which was thought to be impossible in mammals.

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dD8K8 TIL Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than plants, they are neither plants or animals
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rbYe TIL that in 2008 a man dressed up as Santa and used a homemade flamethrower and several guns to terrorize his ex-wife’s family as revenge for their divorce