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TIL that C3PO and R2D2 aren't just Star Wars characters—they're different types of proteins involved in RNAi!

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e0NJ4 TIL LCD screens are polarized
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Ld99 TIL In 1939, a five year old girl successfully gave birth and is still alive today
YpXYB TIL In 1970, the agency running the new public television network in Mississippi initially voted to not show Sesame Street on the basis of the show being racially integrated. Public pressure when this was leaked forced them to reverse the decision.
oB55Y TIL that Leonardo Da Vinci wasn’t heterosexual.