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TIL fish eggs can survive and hatch after passing through a duck, providing one explanation of how seemingly pristine, isolated bodies of water can become stocked with fish

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Qkk6 TIL that Winston Churchill owned a platypus named ‘Bulldog’ whom he considered his 'personal mascot in conflict’. Bulldog died on the final day of the Battle of Britain.
78ROP (TIL) The most urbanized corridor in Modern Texas ( I-35, DFW, Waco, Austin, San Antonio) follows a specific Cattle Trail that dates back to the early 1800's
0wKjL TIL scientists "hacked" the genetic code of brewer's yeast to produce cannabis compounds. They inserted genes from cannabis plants into the yeast's genetic code which allowed it to produce CBD and THC. Their end goal is to allow large scale cannabinoid production without cultivation.
nWpo9 TIL a human heart was successfully transplanted twice. After the first recipient's death from unrelated causes, the heart was transplanted into a second patient, who survived.
oe88 TIL that the trajectory of the first American manned spaceflight was calculated by an African-American woman. She was so good at computations that she was asked to check the work of the computers when they were first used by NASA to calculate John Glenn’s flight path.