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TIL that we’ve had the technology for over a decade to create an embryo using only an egg and stem cells - rendering male sperm unnecessary

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xVBZ1 TIL that the Allied Forces had planned to bomb the Toyota factory but the company was saved by the end of WWII
Pn7J TIL: Psychologists looked at the nature of the internet troll and discovered they were actually just the sadists and psychopaths that are part of our world. The internet just gave them a way to express it.
kmD5 TIL The Beatles refused to play to segregated shows and were key in ending racially segregated events.
l7v8V TIL: The average person misplaces around 9 objects a day. By the time we turn 60, we will have misplaced 200,000 items and spent 6 solid months looking for them.
x8bD TIL Noah Webster, the founder of Merriam-Webster, learned 26 languages in order to evaluate the etymology of words