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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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yJXw TIL that some depression may be caused by a parasite in the brain.
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84yV TIL that the child actor who played a young Ricky Bobby in Talledega Nights has been arrested twice- once for reckless driving; he was going 45 mph over the speed limit.
m10gY TIL that In 2018, A hacker broke into people’s routers (100,000 of them) and patched their vulnerabilities up so that they couldn’t be abused by other hackers.
GdlQ TIL that the Disney character who has appeared in the most films is…Donald Duck. He is also the fifth most published comic book character, behind Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and Wolverine.