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TIL the first cloned pet was cat was named CC, short for Copy Cat

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QJAae TIL 90% of the population of the Americas died after first contact, making it the largest mass death in history with 10% of the global population dying.
d8Jdj TIL that the shapes in Tetris are called tetrominoes.
LQy5d TIL that AI can determine with a high degree of accuracy if fingerprints from different fingers belong to the same person - but it remains a mystery as to how it does this...
4kAlw TIL Out of 7 recorded incidents of "talk-down landings" - when the pilot becomes incapacitated and the plane is landed by a passenger with assistance over the radio - All were successful, with no injuries on landing
504B TIL With a permanent population of less than one million people, Qatar hires migrant workers to fill their empty stadiums in the Qatar Stars League, paying them one dollar an hour to “sit in the stadiums and pretend to have fun”.