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TIL that scientists were able to transplant eye primordia (bits of flesh that eventually grow into eyes) from one tadpole’s head to another’s posterior. Many of the new eyes formed neural pathways to the spine - bypassing the brain altogether - and gave the tadpoles sight.

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W7O1B TIL that Mel Blanc's gravestone reads "That's All Folks!"—the phrase made famous by the character Blanc voiced, Porky Pig, at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons. Blanc, known as "The Man of 1,000 Voices," voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, and numerous other characters.
VMOVG TIL that in 1920s, a famine struck Russia and forced people to eat raw seeds, grass, dirt, dogs, cats and leather horse harnesses. At its peak, people eat and sell human body parts as meat. Despite reports of cannibalism, the police took no action as it was deemed a legitimate method of survival.
kOl5B TIL the first inter-state quarantine ever undertaken in America happened in Cincinnati in 1878 thanks to Dr. Thomas C. Minor - and it even received some pushback from the local community
Y7vMW TIL that Among Us and Henry Stickmin were created by the same team.
erB6 TIL oxygen deprivation worsens depression, which has caused Colorado Springs, CO (with its high altitude) to become the second most suicidal city in the U.S.