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TIL: The Wilhem Scream and The Purple People Eater song were both recorded by the same man - Sheb Wooley

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awaJy TIL in 1992, a couple donated their egg and sperm to a local hospital. In 2020, that frozen embryo was finally implanted into a woman which which resulted in the successful birth of the world's first '27-year-old' baby.
wopl6 TIL that Kaffeklubben Island, the northernmost piece of land in the world at 83°39′N latitude, has flowers growing on it
QJXGa TIL- The Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Siberia has a 'Monument to the laboratory mouse', to commemorate all the mice that have been sacrificed in the name of science.
Wk7mX TIL that about 20 apple cores' worth of apple seeds contain enough cyanide to kill the average person
mxlRE TIL that Myanmar (Burma) doesn’t use the metric system, but it doesn’t use the imperial system either, instead, they have their own system of measurement called the Burmese system