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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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woVoW TIL Daniel Thompson was the inventor of the "Thompson Bagel Machine," which led to mass production of bagels, and also the inventor of the Folding Table Tennis Table.
vGbr TIL Mattel filed a lawsuit against Aqua’s record claiming that their hit song “Barbie Girl” damaged their Barbie brand. After finding MCA Records not guilty, the Judge concluded his opinion by writing “The parties are advised to chill.”
ZpglD TIL that brain studies indicate that women respond better to romantic gestures after they have eaten. This suggests that food also plays an important role in attracting their affection
wLbPM TIL about the arrest of 16 y/o Daniel LaPlante, who, after a bad date, dug a burrow into the crawl space of the girl’s home & terrorized her for months as a spirit of her late mother then discovered dressed as a bride wielding a hatchet by her dad.
v1p5j TIL: Female wasps will attack almost any other insect to implant their eggs, which hatch into parasitic larva that eventually kill their host. This actually makes them useful as a 'green' method of pest control, being intentionally introduced to decimate the populations of crop-killing pests.