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TIL Dolly, the cloned sheep from the 90s, was named after Dolly Parton because the sheep was cloned from the cell of a mammary gland and the scientist thought the person most synonymous with mammary glands was Dolly Parton.

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YnOx TIL A man spent $20,000 cleaning a vacant city lot, until the city of Philadelphia threatened him with legal action unless he stopped.
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