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TIL that a lot of people use milk in their ramen instead of water.

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eyRD TIL goats have successfully had a gene from a spider introduced via transgenesis so that the goat’s milk can produce spider silk proteins. That protein can then be extracted and spun into silk.
mWaE TIL that the tendency for small wettable floating objects to attract one another is called the “Cheerios Effect”
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