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TIL the 1965 Spiegelman's Monster experiment demonstrated genetic replication and evolution in real-time at the molecular level, showing how natural selection could drive the emergence of more efficient genetic replication, even in an artificial setting.

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a80WN TIL that manatees use their farts to swim. They hold in their gas to help them get closer to the surface of the ocean, and then expel it to help them travel back down to the bottom.
LxyP TIL The pilot episode of LOST was so expensive (~$14million) that the network president was fired for greenlighting it.
ZpeJQ TIL there was once a "Hamburger Bank"
loa11 TIl about the Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox. An endangered species of bat found in the Philippines that has a wing span of 5.58 feet and grow as big as a human child.
ORv7 TIL of Len Koenecke, a pro baseball player who got drunk on a flight and picked a fight with the pilot. The pilot bashed him over the head with a fire extinguisher killing him.