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TIL that the Pyrenean ibex was cloned back from extinction for several minutes, three years after the species had originally gone extinct, until the clone that had been produced died due to lung defects

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XE1Kj TIL Harriet Tubman, in addition to organizing the Underground Railroad, served with the U.S. Army as a scout, spy, nurse and soldier during the Civil War, leading a raid with the African-American 2nd South Carolina regiment that freed over 700 slaves.
OGkWa TIL that despite spending much of his career on horseback, Clint Eastwood is allergic to horses.
wgrW TIL:in 1927, James Dole the “Pineapple King” sponsored the Dole Air Race, putting up a prize of $25,000 for the first airplane to fly from Oakland to Honolulu and $10,000 for second place. Those prizes were won by the only two airplanes to survive the flight. Ten other people died in their attempts.
MepP0 TIL Colorado has its own unique style of pizza (nowhere near as well known as Chicago or Detroit style).
JYyr1 TIL Every Nissan GT-R is personally hand-assembled in a dust and temperature controlled clean room by a single technician known as a Takumi. Only five master craftsmen in the world have this unique qualification.