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TIL The genes that cause breast cancer are patented. The patent holder must be paid every time studies and research are done on these genes.

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OGra TIL Joss Whedon wrote a screenplay for the first X-Men movie, but only two lines of it were kept, one of which was “You’re a dick”
ANQDB TIL Cross Dressing Ken doll was an employee prank
Bmeb TIL the Canadians had Japanese internment camps like the Americans
6vBX TIL a clinic in Cape Cod once offered a coupon for a free pizza as part of their March Madness Vasectomy promotion, so men can watch the basketball games while on couch rest and get a free pizza
loRGN TIL that wild parrots lived in the eastern United States until 1918. The Carolina parakeet was a colorful, but poisonous bird that was native to areas as far east as the Atlantic coast, and as far north as Wisconsin.