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TIL a prison in Washington pairs up “death row” shelter cats with select inmates as part of a rehabilitation program.

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xV4gD TIL that Aramaic -the language spoken by the historical Jesus- is still being spoken as a mother tongue in a small village in Syria.
4XNxN TIL Human genome is 3.3Gb in size. HIV virus is only 9.7kb. Largest known virus genome is 2.47Mb (pandoravirus salinus). Largest known vertebrate genome is 130Gb (marbled lungfish). Largest known plant genome is 150Gb (paris japonica). Largest known genome is 670Gb (Amoeboid) but is disputed.
OYG4 TIL that a chemistry professor at Dartmouth University died after a few drops of dimethylmercury touched her gloved hand.
epAE4 TIL that George Harrison visited his sister in a small U.S. town in 1963. At the time, he was famous in England, but unknown in the U.S.
N7N9E TIL In 1991, the Chinese government made developing e-bikes an official technology goal. Electric bike sales went from 150,000 in 1999 to 21 million in 2007, a growth in sales that is unmatched by any other mode of transportation in China