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

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Y70nr TIL that these married schoolteachers in Tucson stole a $160 million abstract painting and hung it behind their bedroom door for 32 years before being discovered upon their death
6kGl TIL That the USA tried to invade and annex canada in 1812 and were severely defeated by a largely outnumbered british force.
j6GVj TIL that in the internal data of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, there is data for Professor Oak as a Pokémon Trainer. His team includes the starter Pokémon that neither the player nor the rival chose, and his Pokémon have higher levels than those of the Champion and the final boss, the rival.
4kpO6 TIL about Claudette Colvin. Sheis an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman.
rmbx TIL That for the Super Bowl Final they hire a cameraman to run onto the pitch to shoot the jingle “I’m going to Disney World!” of whoever Disney paid to say it if they win. Millions of dollars ride on his shoulders.