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TIL four identical clones of Dolly the sheep (Daisy, Debbie, Dianna, and Denise) are still alive and healthy at nine years old

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9Y0Br TIL about George Smith, a US test pilot who ejected from his plane at Mach 1.05 (777mph) and survived!
XEkLk TIL that in the city of Iruma, Japan keeps track of their elderly citizen who have dementia by having placing a waterproof QR sticker on their fingernails or toenails
OoN16 TIL Birds don't urinate. Instead, they convert nitrogen to uric acid.
XNdX TIL drunk Japanese astronomers sent an email to another solar system in 1983 that contained the molecular formula for alcohol and ‘cheers!’ in English and kanji. It arrived at the star in 1999
plpN TIL that because of a US State Department error, Richard Nixon believed that the Mauritian prime minister was from Mauretania. Confusion resulted as Nixon asked the leader of a jungle country and American ally about desert farming and the importance of restoring diplomatic relations with the US.