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TIL Lab Mice are unintentionally bread with long telomeres which could invalidate most studies involving mice.

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JLav TIL a blonde, blue eyed Frenchman moved to London, pretended to be from Taiwan, and became the most famous “Asian” in 18th Century England. He even wrote an influential book about Asia even though he had never been there and had no idea what he was talking about.
rN0Bd TIL an autodidact with limited formal education, Joseph Stalin was a voracious reader, amassing a personal library of over 20,000 books, with a particular interest in history. He enjoyed classical music, owned around 2,700 records, and often attended the Bolshoi Theatre.
lKdG TIL Ten times more people die every year from the side effects of prescription drugs than die from illegal drug use.
e0l6J TIL in 2014 Miss Asia Pacific World, May Myat Noe was stripped of her crown for refusing to get breast implants. Officials cites her “ungrateful attitude …. ” as their reasoning. That “ungrateful attitude” refers to the 16-year-old’s decision not to get breast implants.
M7R07 TIL - The US Army once gave a very passionate disadulation to cyclists who tried to make leisure bicycling in the Arlington National Cemetery legal. Partially due to cyclists refused to yield to funeral precessions.