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TIL of gynandromorphism, a developmental phenomenon leading to half male / half female organisms

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P4rO TIL in 1951, MGM owed the dog that played Lassie $40,000 in back pay. Planning on ending the franchise and in lieu of payment MGM gave full rights to the Lassie trademark to the dog’s trainer, who then spun it off into a TV show that ran for 571 episodes.
8a5xa TIL about California nut crime, which refers to the organised theft of nuts from the state - shipments of which can make up to $500,000. With California producing 80% of the world's almonds, almond theft is particularly lucrative and has been linked to the funding of Pakistani terror groups.
9YWEQ TIL that Isaac Newton was elected to parliament to represent Cambridge. It is reported that the only time Newton spoke in parliament was to say, "The window needs closing."
awa9J TIL that about 16% of wild birds have been known to hybridize with other species of birds. The mallard can hybridize with at least 40 other species. The extent of hybridization calls into question the modern definition of "species".
l105 TIL Russian scientists were able to bring back an arctic flower, extinct for 32,000 years, from a seed that’s been borrowed by an ice age squirrel