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TIL that the project aimed at resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth is only three successful mutations away from beginning embryo growth in Asian Elephants.

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rR5R0 TIL if you successfully fake insanity in your criminal trial, then somehow convince your doctors you are sane, they will not release you from state hospital, they will consider you a psychopath, because only a psychopath would fake insanity to avoid punishment.
161yd TIL the that the largest city in the world by population is Tokyo, Japan, with a population of 37.4 million people. That is nearly the same population as California, the largest US state by population, and Poland, the 8th largest country in Europe.
6EJWw TIL that Platypus DNA is a mixture of bird, reptilian, and mammal. They have no stomachs, have hips like a reptile, and have electrical receptors on their face like a shark that help them sense prey. They have no nipples because milk leaks out onto their fur which young lap straight off the body.
8eOP4 TIL that an influential case in the 1990s ‘memory wars’ psychological discussion and distrust of children’s memory in abuse cases around was highly flawed and unethical, casting doubt on the hypothesis.
840L TIL The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was heavily damaged after destroying a Japanese aircraft carrier during the first carrier battle in history. After 48 hours of emergency repairs, it ended up helping destroy two more carriers before being sunk, and inadvertently saved the other US carriers.