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TIL Scientists have been working on possibly cloning a Neanderthal questioning the risks of putting it into our environment and the workarounds.

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kGmW TIL Alec Guiness was one of the few cast members who believed that Star Wars would be a box office hit; he negotiated a deal for 2.25% of the gross royalties paid to the director, George Lucas, who received one fifth of the box office takings. This made him very wealthy in his later life
Zp5YD Today I learned that Fatty and Spotty (two of the Bash Street Kids from The Beano) were respectively renamed Freddy and Scotty in 2021.
b6mj0 TIL: nazi symbol was stolen from asian cultures.
NXEYQ TIL that the 1984 Summer Olympics, which took place in Los Angeles, made a profit
gM7W4 TIL Mr. Peanut is of British heritage and has the proper name of Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe.