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TIL of Hitlers plan to collect thousands of Jewish artifacts to build the “Museum of An Extinct Race”

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Wkeko TIL about glow-in-the-dark kitties. Scientists insert the GFP(green fluorescent protein from jellyfish) gene along with another gene that blocks feline AIDS, into the cat's unfertilized eggs. When the eggs are fertilized, glowing cats are produced, which means that they also have the anti-AIDS gene.
7rEgp TIL Supercharged blood helps some dolphins dive 1,000 meters
DJjv TIL that there is a town in the Alps that does not get any direct sunlight for 84 days. However the town fixed that by installing a giant mirror on the side of the mountain.
xnQg TIL McDonalds in The Netherlands has a sauce called “American Sauce” that is not eaten in the United States
k5p1 TIL that hurricanes and cyclones cannot cross the equator.