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TIL that scientists are working on bioluminescent trees. By merging the light producing compound found in jellyfish with plants, the team envisions illuminating city streets with trees that glow at night.

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dD64Q TIL That designs for a super heavy tank weren't exclusive to Germany during WW2 at the start of the war Britain had a prototype armed with a 75mm gun all ready to go.
wBVE TIL Two privacy researchers from the University of Texas were able to unmask Netflix users’ political and sexual orientation by taking the “anonymized” movie ratings (released as part of Netflix Prize) and comparing them against non-anonymized movie ratings posted at IMDB.
a8pOy TIL: 1.5 million people migrated out of New York and California between 2020 and 2022
N4LJ TIL that madonna uploaded an album of her to p2p sites with all of the songs in the loop of her saying “what the fuck you think you’re doing?” and in retort a hacker defaced her website with direct links to the album saying “This is the fuck i think im doing”
XKBk TIL the Chinese government forced prisoners to farm World of Warcraft gold. “There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp. I heard them say they could earn 5,000-6,000rmb [£470-570] a day. We didn’t see any of the money. The computers were never turned off.”