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TIL a panel of scientists developed a plan to use cats that glow when exposed to radiation as a way to warn future civilizations about radioactive sites. The "Rad Cats" purpose would be explained in a nursery rhyme designed to be passed along, generation to generation.

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1Qd4 TIL the only place Jews were allowed to emigrate from Germany with their money was Palestine thanks to the 1933 Transfer agreement between the German Zionist Federation and the German Economics Ministry.
N7DK8 TIL that Daylight Savings Time has been shown to increase the rate of heart attacks (AMI’s) by 24% the morning of the time change. Scientists think this is due to the change in our sleep cycle. Conversely, when the time switches back, the study showed a 21% decrease in AMI’s that day.
6Lg8 TIL that wallabies in Tasmania were eating poppies and running around in circles, making tracks that were mistaken for UFO crop circles.
N7kGb TIL pornography involving characters with the appearance of minors is proctected by the First Amendment, as long as the actors themselves are of legal age.
E1YBP TIL Naked mole rats defy the biological law of aging - They rarely get cancer, are resistant to some types of pain, and can survive up to 18 minutes without oxygen. But perhaps their greatest feat, a new paper suggests, is that they don't age. Naked mole-rat mortality rates do not increase with age.