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TIL That Octopus And Squid Possess The Super-Power To Rewrite Their RNA. Researchers say that this type of RNA editing can allow a single octopus gene to produce an array of various proteins from the same DNA.

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kO7Lm TIL That McDonald's Created Bubble Gum Flavored Broccoli in 2014
O8p1 TIL that in 2003, American soldiers in Iraq vandalized the 6,000 year old Sumerian city of Ur by spraypainting “Semper Fe” on its walls. No response was made by the US government to the allegations.
WgX4 TIL it is illegal for a US citizen to participate in boycott against Israel,we even have a government office tasked with ensuring that no boycotts of Israel are created ,the US Office of Antiboycott Compliance
jNJka TIL about 20% of all classified mammal species can fly, because there’s over 1,200 species of bats.
bpZ0 TIL There actually exists a duck-size horse. Her name is Thumbelina.