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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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7MZX TIL that it is preferable to be electrocuted by a current greater than 200 milliamps rather than 100-200 milliamps. Your chances of survival are much higher in the upper range because your heart clamps rather than fibrillates.
GYRGj TIL Jeff Daniels was only paid $50,000 for the movie "Dumb and Dumber". Jim Carrey was paid $7 million.
Z8nPa TIL that a stunning $12 trillion — almost 40 percent of all foreign direct investment positions globally — is completely artificial; it consists of financial investment passing through empty corporate shells with no real activity.
D1PVj TIL the last time Mtv's schedule was only music videos with no other programming was the weeks after 9/11/2001 when they played a tight playlist of light and mournful songs.
yJ6X TIL a test pilot for the Boeing 707 airplane prototype performed a roll in front of the audience attending an international airline summit in Seattle. When asked what he was doing by his boss, he replied “selling airplanes.”