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TIL: Korean scientists cloned puppies who glow red under UV light

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mxJ5O TIL; there have been no recorded deaths from spider bites in Australia since 1979
BrKyb TIL of Joy Milne who claimed that she smelled a distinct odor in patients with Parkinson's disease like her husband. She sniffed 6 shirts from people with Parkinson’s and 6 from healthy controls and identified 7 had it. 8 months later the "healthy" patient she "misidentified" was diagnosed as well.
4XXJR TIL seamen must keep a daily record of their work known as a Certificate of Continuous Discharge
4k8VX TIL about an Ultra-rare baby ghost shark sighted in New Zealand that is the first creature I'm aware of that can be legitimately called a dickhead, given that's where it's penis is located.
nednr TIL Dodos were big, but not the fat birds we picture; the theory is that paintings and illustrations depicting them as such are based on overfed, captive specimens, or simply due to artistic license