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TIL MIT has genetically modified trees to glow in the dark in the hopes of creating a literally green source of light for the future.

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grax9 TIL All publicly traded stock in the US is technically owned directly by Cede and Company
p86Ze TIL: Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, has a BA (History) from Yale, JD from Harvard in 2005.
jNAdN TIL there are no recorded fatal attacks of wild Orcas on humans. In 2005 a 12 yr old boy in AK was bumped by a killer whale while splashing in 4 ft of water. The boy was likely mistaken for a seal and the bump was an aborted attack once the whale realized the mistake
N7xYP TIL that depression (low energy, social withdrawal, etc.) is believed to be an evolutionary response that was advantageous to many humans to reduce the likelihood of them catching contagious diseases
J7kB TIL A 17-year-old girl named Jackie Mitchell pitched against the New York Yankees in 1931 and struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig