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TIL that in 2013 scientists were able to genetically modify rabbits to glow in the dark using jellyfish DNA

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R7BLl TIL Ching Chow, a comic strip that was filled with stereotypical Chinese jokes managed to stay in papers until 1990 and was popular among gamblers as they thought it contained secrets for sports betting
EgZAx TIL the Swedish band Ace of Base got its name after member Ulf Ekberg watched the video for Motörhead's "Ace of Spades" while hungover on New Year's Day in 1991.
6K1X TIL in 2015, a former Google employee purchased the Google domain for $12 because of an error. Google offered to pay him $6006.13 (that spells “Google”) to have it back. When he said he would donate it to charity, they doubled it to $12,000.
Aya7 TIL Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting “La Lecture” depicts Picasso’s mistress asleep with a book upon her lap. The painting led to the breakup of Picasso’s marriage after his wife saw it at an exhibition and realized that the facial features (though highly stylized) were not her own.
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