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TIL in 2017, three infertile mice were able to give birth to healthy offspring after being implanted with artificial 3-D printed ovaries.

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nW6Qr TIL a woman named Chante Mallard hit an unhoused man named Gregory Biggs, lodging him in her windshield, alive. She drove home and parked in her garage where she let him suffer for days before dying. She was only caught months later because she talked about it at a party.
VyG TIL Dan Aykroyd witnessed MIBs in an SUV while shooting a UFO special WHILE talking to Britney Spears on the phone. UFO special was then cancelled 2 hours later. (at 3:00)
pYW9O TIL that the first time a slow-motion replay had ever been used on television was to unknowingly rebroadcast the moment one boxer (Emile Griffith) killed another (Benny Paret).
vPyrR TIL 96% of the mass of mammals on earth are us and the livestock we’ve domesticated as well as 70% of all birds on earth are domesticated poultry, mostly chickens.
R5aaQ TIL: Velcro is actually a brand name, and they launched campaigns to get people to stop saying "Velcro". The correct term is actually "hook and loop".