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TIL there is a search engine that plants a tree everytime you use it.

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bP7 TIL Scientist in Nevada are creating sheep that are part human with the main purpose “to produce a source of organs, especially livers, to transplant someday into humans.”
grde4 TIL that “smog” is a made-up word, just combining “smoke” and “fog”.
N7Ao8 TIL The Stars on the Largest American Flag Ever Produced Were 17ft Tall A Piece
KYwRw TIL Kerbals (from the game Kerbal Space Program) speak backwards Spanish (aka "loñapsE").
xVRZk TIL about Elijah McCoy (1843-1929), an African American inventor who invented an oil-dripping cup for trains. Other inventors tried to copy McCoy's oil-dripping cup, but none of the other cups worked as well as his, so customers started asking for "The Real McCoy."