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TIL the congressional page program was shut down due in part from congressmen soliciting sex from them

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D1NrP TIL that two MIT Scientists successfully planted a false memory into a mouse (Mouseception). When set in a certain box, the mouse freezes in terror, recalling that it receives a shock in this box, when this never happened. This research may lead to new treatments for Depression or Alzheimer's, etc.
pLDA TIL that Nichelle Nichols did not dislike wearing Uhura’s very short Starfleet uniform on ‘Star Trek’ (1966-1969). She later said, “I was wearing them on the street. What’s wrong with wearing them on the air? I wore 'em on airplanes. It was the era of the miniskirt. Everybody wore miniskirts.”
4D7a TIL that there’s a town in Spain that recognizes cats and dogs as equal right citizens
Y8dP TIL: While Apple was buying land for a data server in NC, a couple refused multiple offers from them for their 1 acre plot of land. Apple got frustrated asked them to name their price. This led Apple to pay $1.7m for a 1 acre plot of land.
4Rpa TIL in 1902, the Greek symbol Caduceus (two snakes on a winged pole) was mistakenly used as the emblem for the US Medical Corps instead of the Rod of Asclepius (one snake climbing a pole), the true Greek symbol for medicine. Despite this error, the US still widely uses it to represent healthcare.