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TIL Tim Hawking added swear words to his dad’s voice synthesizer as a prank

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e0RX6 TIL that all gift cards in Australia are now valid for 3 years from 'activation' or purchase, regardless of when they were bought and regardless of what it says on the card.
X0JJ8 TIL that by suppressing the expression of certain genes specifically for beak development, scientists were able to grow a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout instead of a beak
m1Z7P TIL about the Cottingley Fairies, a hoax made by 2 young girls, that claimed to have photographed fairies in their back yard. They managed to fool Arthur Conan Doyle with this hoax.
WB4o TIL of Medal of Honor recipient, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez. He had 37 puncture wounds, exposed intestine, broken jaw, and eyes caked in blood. He was pronounced dead until he spit in the face of a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag.
e0JdE TIL that some people in Japan believe that a much loved Japanese baseball team is cursed by the KFC co-founder, Colonel Sanders after his statue was thrown into a river by the team's fans. This is known as "Curse of the Colonel"