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TIL that in 2013 a scientist injected human brain cells into a mouse brain, which improved the mouse’s memory and ability to learn

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VBVWQ TIL There is only one gun store in the entirety of Mexico. It's inside the headquarters of the Secretariat of National Defense
OKYX TIL that American soldiers used the ace of spaces as a terror weapon in the Vietnam War. They would leave the card on the bodies of killed Vietnamese and would litter the forested grounds with the card. The card was used so much that Bicycle was asked to produce crates full of this one card.
womm6 TIL there is a massive abandoned underground Airbase in Croatia
KYLoG TIL The Offspring's Dexter Holland is a high school valedictorian, has a PhD in molecular biology from USC, has a pilot's licence and flew solo around the world in 10 days.
ADaxl TIL that the unit of one mile comes from "a thousand paces" (mille passus)