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TIL that scientists have genetically altered chickens to express DNA that their dinosaur ancestors once possessed. Eventually, they grew teeth.

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ADRQa TIL: Psychologists estimate that 90% of college students procrastinate, and more than a quarter are chronic procrastinators.
gr70y TIL in 1719, prisoners in Paris were granted freedom on the condition that they marry a prostitute and relocate to Louisiana.
neWM7 TIL of Regulatory Capture, when a governmental regulatory agency ceases to promote the interest of the public, but instead does the exact opposite by advancing the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating.
yQJEw TIL Alan Turing proposed gin (the alcohol) as a medium in which to store data in a computer
d81r8 TIL about Eric Morse who was 5 years old when he was murdered by two 11 year olds who threw him out of a window in Chicago