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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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KOJ7B TIL, in WWI dogs, horse, mules and donkeys all wore gas masks.
jlGn TIL that there’s a fictional brand of cigarettes, Morleys, that’s been in several unconnected TV shows, Movies and Video games since Hitchcock.
VdaQ TIL Red M&Ms were discontinued for 11yrs due to consumer fright & were ONLY brought back because of a joke that took off.
wLw07 TIL viagra was invented on accident: “It was originally developed as a medication used for lowering high blood pressure. It failed to acheive this purpose and was discontinued. When test subjects were asked to return their unused medicine, however, they all refused”
b60M9 TIL: That a fetus can absorb its twin in the womb and it's known as "vanishing twin syndrome"