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PYVVg TIL That Organ Donation Is Complicated
awjO0 TIL lynchings in the United States first became common in the Southern United States in the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s, at which time most of the victims were white men. Lynchings of blacks rose in number after the American Civil War during Reconstruction.
loDR7 TIL when George Clooney wanted to adopt a new dog, the rescue shelter said it was up to the dog to like Clooney, and if there wasn’t a connection, they would find the dog a different home. To make sure the dog would like him, Clooney rubbed turkey meatballs on his feet. It worked great.
Zplbp TIL scientists created cyborg cockroaches. They put wires the cockroaches and steer them by remote control.
kOjZ1 TIL that some guys in the Czech Republic figured out how to broadcast data in beams of light capable of streaming DVD-quality video over neighbourhoods.( 10 Mbit/s full duplex Ethernet point-to-point link.)