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TIL that a Humanized mouse is a genetically modified mouse that has functioning human genes, cells, tissues and/or organs.

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woY TIL Israel kamakawiwo'ole (deceased singer of “Over The Rainbow”) was the 3rd person in Hawaiian history to have the flag at half-staff and his coffin placed inside the state Capitol building in Honolulu after his death; the other two people were politicians.
N75kQ TIL: That anesthesiologists, neuroscientists and researchers dont really know how anesthesia works.
jNLOQ TIL That one "Fathom" (as in measuring the depths of sea) equals 6 feet.
V49B TIL that the Spartans were historically known to deliver badass one-liners which were dubbed as “Laconic Phrases”
7r1Xx TIL that during WWII, Turkey had agreed to export an extremely large amount of chromite to Nazi Germany (partially contingent on what Germany would ship to them). To stop the shipments, the Allies 'pre-clusively' purchased much of the ore, even when they did not need any more of it.