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TIL Dolly the cloned lamb was named after Dolly Parton because her DNA came from a mammary gland cell.

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OGAg TIL that food made with “Real Kraft Cheese” actually contains no real cheese
6ExjJ TIL the world's first implantable pacemaker patient, Arne Larsson, went on to receive 26 different pacemakers during his lifetime. He died in 2001, at the age of 86, outliving the inventor as well as the surgeon.
epPQJ TIL that Saint Lucia is the only country in the world to be named after a woman.
0w0w1 TIL China has often complained that Nobel science prize selection boards have long favored Chinese winners only when they aren’t citizens. Chinese born Yang Chen Ning and Andrew Yao shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 but established their careers in the US
nW9mB TIL that Frank Sinatra is the artist with the most Grammy Album of the Year Nominations, at 8 nominations for that award. He was also the first artist to win the award twice, as well as first to win it three times. He also won 6 other Grammy awards and was nominated for 31 Grammys.