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TIL That in 2011, Mayo Clinic Scientists Created a Glow-in-the-Dark Cat as a Side Effect from AIDS/FIV Research Because They Used GFP, a Fluorescent Protein That is Commonly Used to Monitor Activity of Altered Genes

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KYd5w TIL Public nativity scenes are often the victim of baby Jesus theft. Some churches have had to chain their baby Jesus down to deter theft while others have added GPS tracking to their baby Jesus.
VBEkm TIL that before 1950 Chickens were largely grown by Farming Wives as a sideline, and Americans ate no more than 6 birds per year per person. Post 1950, chicken farming became industrialized. Now the average American household eats Chicken 3-4 times a week for a total of 30 birds per year per person.
l7W7K TIL about the Miracle of 1511, a festival in Belgium in which peasants built hundreds of satirical snowmen, many of them nude, to protest class disparity.
PYO7w TIL that gorillas sing happy songs while they eat. They don't sing the same song every time and they even sing louder while eating their favourite food.
NKKQ TIL Al Lewis (Grandpa on The Munsters) used to have Charles Manson babysit his kids.