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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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96Z7 TIL the bubble gum is pink because that was the only dye Diemer (the inventor) had on hand at the time and it was his favorite color.
aVZZ TIL Dr. Bernice Eddy warned the NIH that the polio vaccines they were about to release contained live polio virus. They ignored her and released the vaccine anyway, and as a result 40,000 children developed polio. The NIH director who dismissed Dr. Eddy then resigned.
M7O8b TiL about the "Sweet Track" a causeway built by a Neolithic community in 3807 B.C.
rRnmy TIL of Taro Tsujimoto, a fictional Ice Hockey player created by the Buffalo Sabres. Fed up with how long the 1974 draft was taking, the Sabres drafted a fake player named after a local Japanese shop. The NHL made the pick official and only found out just before the start of training camps that year.
5YVNB TIl that in Welsh folk legend, corgis were a gift from the woodland fairies, and that the breed's markings were left on its coat by fairy harnesses and saddles.