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TIL there is a Superhero whose sole power is being able to remove his limbs to bludgeon people

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d8GG8 TIL Thurgood Marshall had to memorize the U.S. Constitution in high school as punishment for misbehaving in class.
19O7 TIL that despite elephants massive size compared to humans, they are 5 times less likely to die of cancer due to them having at least 40 copies of TP53, a gene that destroys cancer cells before they become a problem, versus 2 in humans.
nWr69 TIL Stanford engineers made a folding origami microscope that costs less than $1 to make. 50,000 microscopes were shipped to 130 countries in 2014 to see what people will do with it
neKDP TIL there was a successful "real life" demonstration of driverless automobile technology over 60 years ago in Lincoln, Nebraska. Broader implementation stalled due to a lack of interest from other states in funding the necessary infrastructure.
neNaP TIL horses can communicate with humans by pointing to symbols. Researchers trained the horses to understand 3 symbols which meant “blanket on,” “blanket off,” and “no change.” After training they were tested in different weather conditions and researchers found the choices matched the weather.