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TIL whenever staff members at a panda center in China have to interact with a cub, they put on panda costumes sprayed with panda urine in order to limit human contact

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OoOyY TIL Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight was released in 2003 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. It featured several historical aircraft such as the Wright Flyer, Ford Tri-Motor, and the Douglas DC-3
REA8 TIL that the US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain, second only to Mexico.
8e6eP TIL that researchers are developing a drug that could regrow human teeth. Toregem Biopharma aims to bring the antibody drug to market in 2030 for patients missing some or all of their teeth from birth -- a condition known as congenital anodontia. Clinical trials to begin in September this year.
eA66 TIL Marie Antoinette’s last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it”, to her executioner, whose foot she had accidentally stepped on after climbing the scaffold to the guillotine. Also, her body was thrown into an unmarked grave.
nLpd TIL September 12th is a holiday in Russia (Day of Conception) where people have the day off to have sex to make babies, and rewards are given to women who give birth exactly 9 months later.