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TIL in the UK penny coins are a legal tender only up to 20p

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QJXGa TIL- The Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Siberia has a 'Monument to the laboratory mouse', to commemorate all the mice that have been sacrificed in the name of science.
1pd8 TIL because of the “Harlem Shake” hundreds of students have been disciplined, fifteen Aussie miners fired, and there is even an FAA investigation.
d8K4j TIL Apple seeds do not produce the same apples as their parent. To keep the same flavor, apple trees must be grafted. Every Honeycrisp apple you have ever eaten has come from the same tree, just split apart.
5VMDB TIL that in 2021 an Italian artist sold an invisible sculpture for £13,000 and gave the buyer a certificate of authenticity to prove it is real
9wWk6 TIL that San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa is the great-grandson of Tony Accardo, former longtime boss of the Chicago Outfit crime family.