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TIL a domestic sheep’s wool will just keep growing and growing forever, if humans don’t cut it off

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WkQ98 TIL that Alexander Fleming, discoverer of the miracle drug, Penicillin, almost gave up on it entirely because it was very hard to extract. It was only with the help of Sir Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, whom developed a method of mass production, could penicillin be made available to millions.
k8a7 TIL That baby ducklings will ‘imprint’ and follow whatever the loudest, moving being is when they are born. Whether this be their mother, a human or another animal.
4e86 TIL that during a CNN online chat with President Clinton in 2000, a prankster managed to log in as the President following a technical glitch and typed “I wish to see more porn on the Internet”.
P1xVZ TIL - Six weeks after it's debut, the Amazon Fire Phone's price was cut from $199 to 99 cents
Me5mW TIL wartime psychoanalysts correctly predicted of Hitler that: As the war turns against him, his emotions will intensify and will have outbursts more frequently. His public appearances will become much rarer, because he's unable to face a critical audience