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TIL the first known (partly successful) separation of conjoined twins was in 10th century Byzantium

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e06ED TIL a male grey wolf, dubbed OR-7 or Journey, migrated more then 1000 miles alone through Oregon and California in search of a mate.
4ka8J TIL that the BBC has a Pidgin language site for news
grmDD TIL the Ball corporation, famous for their mason jars, became a defense manufacturer in aerospace engineering. Their products have been used on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the James Webb Space Telescope among other projects. They no longer directly produce glass jars.
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QJknk TIL Grey eyes appear grey due to Mie scattering, the same type of scattering that causes the sky to appear grey on rainy days.