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TIL that in Russia, there is a monument to honor laboratory mice that have lost their lives furthering scientific research.

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R7kml TIL that former US President Lyndon B Johnson wanted to have a jet installed in White House so that water would constantly shoot onto his penis.When told it would be incovenient, he invoked Vietnam War - "If I can move 10,000 troops in a day, you can certainly fix the bathroom any way I want it"
wL6Z1 TIL, Jon Voight who is Ben Stiller's fictional dad (aka Derek Zoolander's dad) is also the IRL father of Angelina Jolie. He also played the role of Lara Croft's dad, while Jolie played Lara. Voight is still alive even though Jerry Stiller passed recently.
jXxj TIL a gravitational slingshot (of say a space probe) robs the host planet of a very small amount of orbital velocity. Do it enough times and you’d cause said planet to crash into the Sun.
neWa7 TIL that during the Black Plague, the Jewish community had a lower infection risk than other populations. Among the theories, they suggest that Jewish religious practices promoted better health since so many rituals relate to hygiene. It resulted in the Jews being accused of causing the Black Death.
GARng TIL dyslexic World Memory Champion Dominic O’ Brien set a Guinness World Record by memorizing 2808 playing cards (54 packs) after looking at each card only once. He made only 8 errors.