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TIL that a popular sort of red grapefruit was created by atomic gardening: a form of mutation breeding where plants were directly exposed to radioactive sources

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oRY6W TIL that Robert Wadlow is the tallest man in history at 8 ft 11.1inchs.
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GYe8N TIL On The Beatles 1964 and 1965 tours of North America, the concerts would often end with Paul's wild vocal version of Little Richard's hit-song Long Tall Sally. Paul McCartney had played the song Long Tall Sally to impress John Lennon when the two met for the very first time
wvvE TIL that the first commercially produced pet clone was ‘Little Nicky’ a Maine Coon cat. His owner paid $50,000 in 2004 to have her deceased cat 'Nicky’ cloned.
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