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TIL Scientists have bred glow-in-the-dark rabbits as part of an effort to improve treatments for life-threatening illnesses. If the rabbits glow it shows that the genetic manipulation technique has worked efficiently

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4XGNR TIL: Although pandas eat mostly bamboo and fruit, their teeth are carnivorous, meaning they would be able to chew and consume tough meat. Unlike other bears, pandas do not hibernate, as they are unable to store energy over long periods of time (hence their 12-hour eating routine).
0xmR TIL in The Big Lebowski, The Dude’s line, “The Dude abides,” comes from Ecclesiastes 1:4, “One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever”–a reference to how the Dude, much like the Earth, can weather change and chaos around him, but still remain the same.
KYBZ6 TIL the British military once had an idea to put live chickens inside nuclear bomb cases with a week's worth of food and water. The bombs were meant to be planted into the ground as mines, so they had to be kept warm in the winter to keep working.
BYPb TIL of Adam Rainer - the only person in recorded history to have both been a dwarf and a giant. At age 18, he was 4'0.25, 13 years later he reached a height of 7'2, and died at a height of 7'8.
e0xvL TIL pedestrianism was a famous sport in the 19th century where people would compete to walk the furthest distance in the shortest amount of time. A famous challenge was walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours, first completed by Robert Barclay Allardice in 1809.