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TIL scientists made a real human-monkey hybrid in 2019 but ceased the embryo's development after a few weeks.

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1k4X TIL: The wide variety of craft beer found in the US would not have been possible without president Carter signing H.R.1337, the “Homebrew act,” into law.
v1daD TIL about James Christopher Harrison, an Australian blood donor whose rare plasma composition has helped in the treatment of Rhesus disease. In May 2018 he made his final donation (1173rd) at the age of 81 after having saved 2.4m babies during his lifetime as a donor.
v1Vj TIL That Facebook was cited in 1/3 of divorces in 2011
pY8AA TIL that Neuticles are implantable fake dog testicles invented by Gregg Miller, a man who believed that neutered male dogs really miss their balls a lot. The first commercially implanted Neuticles went into a dog in 1995 with over half a million pairs sold since at an average cost of $310 per pair.
QNaNX TIL there is a high school in Virginia with an admission rate of 1.5%