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TIL in 2006, a man disappeared from a Columbus bar with security footage of him entering the building but no security footage exiting it. To this day he has yet to be found.

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9YDBD TIL lab-grown meat has been made from living animal biopsies, fresh meat, cell banks, or feather roots & has been made from muscle, fat, or stem cells. Cells go into a vat of culture medium to proliferate into meat cell mush; patties & sausages have been created but fillets have not yet been made.
woLZW TIL Doctors will imitate lifesaving procedures on a destined-for-death patient in the scenario the patient's family does not want to accept death. It's referred to as "Slow-code" and is typically a decision made under the table.
lov11 TIL in 1850 Milk in New York was so contaminated that caused 8000 infants deaths in just one year.
E1bn0 TIL the first statue of a black person in Bristol, UK was erected in 1987 and is of the playwright and poet Alfred Fagon
dDZRQ TIL that the top seven US currency demonimations in circulation, based on volume, are: $100, $1, $20, $5, $50, $10, and $2. For instance, in 2021, there were 17.7 billion $100 bills, but only 1.4 billion $2 bills.