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TIL that hammerhead sharks can reproduce asexually, one of the few animals to have that ability

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9wr7m TIL conjugal visits were originally enacted to convince black male prisoners to work harder in their manual labor and Mississippi first state to implement them in 1950. By 2024, only 4 states allow conjugal visits: California, Connecticut, New York, and Washington
oRPA7 TIL two Indian scientists discovered (and published in Nature) the Pion particles more than 5 years before the team led by British scientist C.F. Powell who was later awarded the Nobel prize for this discovery.
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j6wOa TIL the Chernobyl power plant continued operating and producing power for 14 years after the infamous disaster, only fully shutting down in the year 2000.