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TIL elephants around the world are evolving to be born without tusks since they are selecting mates with tuskless traits that survive poachers, thus spreading the gene.

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gMo7L TIL: Scientists injected mouse pups with human glial cells. Within a year the human brain cells integrated and replaced over half of the natural cells. The mice developed supercharged intelligence- scoring much higher on cognitive & memory tests then their unaltered kin.
74ZL TIL a 195 million year old dinosaur bone was found with soft tissue still preserved in it
nLyY TIL that “flotsam” is floating wreckage, “jetsam” is cargo that is purposely thrown overboard, “lagan” is goods lying at the bottom of the ocean but reclaimable, and “derelict” is cargo at the bottom of the ocean but lost. These terms are part of the law of admiralty and marine salvage.
8aMXK TIL about John Edmonstone, an ex-slave born on a plantation in Guiana who taught Charles Darwin taxidermy in Scotland. Darwin used taxidermy to preserve different specimens of finches he found on Galapagos, discovering 12 distinct species and used them as an example in his theory of evolution.
D9Kr TIL Alton Brown, host of Food Network’s “Good Eats” was originally a cinematographer. He shot the video for R.E.M’s “The One I Love,” among others. He also didn’t attend culinary school until AFTER deciding to start a cooking show.