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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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yVQM8 TIL in 2021 classified details of the British Army’s Challenger 2 tank were leaked online. A War Thunder player leaked details after a disagreement over the tank's in-game design. However the classified documents weren't considered "valid source material" & no changes were made to the in-game design
X0JLk TIL that there is an annual wife-carrying competition in Finland where the winner will be given the prize of beer equivalent to the wife's weight
Bx5K TIL pregnant Muslim women who fast during Ramadan are likely to have smaller babies who will be more prone to learning disabilities in adulthood.
xrMD TIL that before his murder, actor Phil Hartman wanted to make a live action film based on one of his favourite characters, Troy McClure.
mxJVp TIL A hockey player name Ivan Tkachenko who died in a tragic plane crash in Russia was anonymously giving money to sick kids, and the last half-million ruble payment was transferred to a young cancer patient minutes before the plane take-off.