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TIL that scientists are growing so-called "mini-brains" inside of rats, meaning we are perilously close to a rats of NIMH situation.

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yVKnw TIL in 1996 a couple named their son "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" claiming it was pronounced "Albin." This was in protest to a $740 fine they'd received for failing to register a name by his fifth birthday.
7nlX TIL that migrating butterflies can reach heights of over 3000 feet and speeds of 30mph
awj7M TIL when artist Peter Doig, whose work sells for up to $26m, refused to authenticate a piece signed Peter Doige, the owner sued Doig for $5million, claiming that Doig simply didn't want to admit he'd painted it in jail. The court agreed it was not his work.
QJXGa TIL- The Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Siberia has a 'Monument to the laboratory mouse', to commemorate all the mice that have been sacrificed in the name of science.
gMVBD TIL During the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission, to help USA/USSR relations, astronauts and cosmonauts played smuggled audio recordings of glasses clinking, laughter, and many female voices. Houston radioed to ask what’s going on. "Oh nothing,” they said. “We finished work, just having a party up here."