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TIL cats can have pandas in a process known as Xenopregnancy. Nuclei from cells taken from abdominal muscles of giant pandas were transferred to egg cells of rabbits and transferred into the uterus of cat together with cat embryos.

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GA1r7 TIL of the Vipeholm Experiments in Sweden. In the 1950s, intellectually disabled people were fed sweets to see whether sugar caused cavities. While unethical, this study greatly contributed to what we know about dental health.
5VxMr TIL Leopold's conquest and enslavement of Congo (under the guise of humanitarian work) was so barbaric that the severed hands of Congolese natives became a currency
XEK88 TIL When touching on the question of Taiwan with President Carter in 1979, Chinese Vice Premier Deng said that China was willing to solve the Taiwan question in a peaceful way but will not undertake not to use force because that will be a disservice to a peaceful settlement of the question
0woV1 TIL When Paul Joannides first wrote "the Guide To Getting It On", no publisher wanted it because they said it wasn’t enough like the “Joy of Sex”. It also had a sense of humor, and publishers believed that sex and humor were not good companions, so Joannides started his own publishing company
vPj74 TIL that Underwater Hockey is a thing, has been since 1954, and is popular enough to have both Men's and Women's national championships.