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TIL there was an alternate reality game (ARG) from 2006 where an objective was to find a man using just his first name and one photo. It was completed in 2020

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VMRND TIL Since female dairy cows are much more valuable than bulls we use machines to sort bull semen into male vs female semen. These machines work based on the fact that XX semen have more DNA than XY, and thus greater mass, and can be automatically discriminated when colored with florescence.
4kN6J TIL: Helium, the kind we suck from balloons at parties, is a finite, non-renewable resource that’s only recoverable in a few locations around the world. It’s also needed for MRIs, microchips, and fiber optic cables.
xNk7 TIL that, when the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hideki Tojo, was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound in his chest, he was pumped full of American blood, allowed to recover, and then later hanged for his war crimes.
JjOQ TIL The night that Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, Mos Def went to his house and told him he should leave America. He did.
VBKwD TIL, the chin is unique to humans and we are unsure of its purpsee