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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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5YrEr TIL that in Fahrenheit 451 the government didn't burn books because they were an oppressive dictatorship. The people voted to ban the books because they had short attention spans didn't want to be offended
9Ymbm TIL about Operation Pluto, an operation to lay submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel in support of the Allied invasion of Normandy during WWII. The two pipelines, "Bambi" and "Dumbo", carried 180 million imperial gallons of petrol to the Allied Expeditionary Force in North West Europe.
L4bV TIL the median age of the country of Niger is 14.8 years old. 50% of the population is under the age of 15.
gMrM4 TIL that Austria, even though they qualified, couldn't play in the 1938 worldcup because of the Austrian Anschluss to Germany.
epKj5 TIL there is an ancient Corinthian helmet in the Museum of Korea. Originally gifted to marathoner Son Gi-Jeong for winning the gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, he did not receive it until 1986. Son then donated it to the museum. It is Korea's only designated Western "National Treasure"