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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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AWJo TIL Hercules once tricked Atlas into holding the sky using the old “hold this while I tie my shoes” routine
9YwdQ TIL in 1963 Pennsylvania enacted its first "mandatory reporter" law, by 1967 all 50 states had similar laws, and the 1974 Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) created Federal expectations for mandatory reporters.
vvDD TIL that states with medical marijuana have had “a nearly 9% decline in traffic deaths and a 5% reduction in beer sales in states that allow it.”
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a0g9 TIL that Richard Nixon was gifted two Giant Pandas (Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing) after his historic visit to China in 1972. They were given to the US as a token of friendship between the two countries.