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TIL Carrot Top is the son of a NASA engineer

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8apAG TIL that in 2013 a scientist injected human brain cells into a mouse brain, which improved the mouse's memory and capacity to learn
QNGGa TIL about the "Infernal Machine", a 25-barreled gun that the Corsican revolutionary Giuseppe Fieschi tried to assassinate King Louis Phillippe I with in 1835. The device killed 18 people in a single volley and injured 22 (as well as Fieschi himself), but only mildly grazed the King.
e0eYg TIL African Elephants are evolving to not have tusks, protecting themselves from poachers but also harming their species
VMvwQ TIL that the Italian Alpini were the only army corps unbeaten in Russia during the Second World War, as stated by the Soviet Supreme Command on February 8th, 1943.
Vvak TIL the fact that in 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by fifty companies; today, 90% is controlled by just six companies….