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TIL that embryos can be frozen for decades before being successfully born!

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DRNr TIL that the average life expectancy for those with Down syndrome has gone from 12 years in 1912, to 25 years in the 1980’s, to upwards of 60 years in the developed world today.
woGPJ TIL that “shuttlecock calibrator” is a real job
ANxK7 TIL the shortest-lived "empire" in history was a restoration of the Qing Dynasty of China lasting for 11 days in July 1917. Monarchists seized Beijing and reinstated Emperor Puyi, deposed five years prior and now eleven years old, on July 1 and were pushed back out by Republican forces on July 12.
1aKN7 TIL Food Network’s Chopped can take up to 14 hours to film a 30 minute episode and can include judging rounds of up to 90 minutes each
o8Y8 TIL that in 1993, NFL shifted Super Bowl XXX from Arizona after residents there voted against recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day.