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TIL that the moon is 1/400th the size of the sun but also 1/400th the distance from Earth which results in the moon and the sun being the same size in the sky, a coincidence not shared by any other known planet-moon combination.

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keZe TIL Cheese has small amounts of morphine in it
nWl8W TIL Female dogs can have a False Pregnancy that mimics the symptoms of real pregnancy, including producing breast milk
bJ4 TIL there is a disorder known as Motion Blindness. Sufferers do not see motion, but see the world around them one “snapshot” at a time.
wLbK6 TIL due to his fascination with James Bond novels CIA boss Allen Dulles made the CIA attempt to make some of the Bond gadgets in real life. While the poison-tipped shoes reportedly did work in real life, many other gadgets failed to do their job.
0dWPR TIL about Dr. Hwang Woo-suk: The Scientist Who Cloned a Dog and the Infamous Stem Cell Research Scandal, but No Success in Human Cloning