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TIL That Scientists have created cells out of metal, and they can evolve.

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OGAoY TIL that Lea Thompson, who starred in Howard the Duck, 1986 movie, subsequently married Howard Deutch. She must have a thing for Howard Ds.
4XvQg TIL that many small towns finance their governments by issuing traffic tickets. In hundreds of US counties fines are used to fund 10-20% of the local government budget.
4kNBR TIL BuzzFeed won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for their reporting on the Chinese government's mass detention of Muslims.
9YWZG TIL: The Zimbabwean government complained that Chinese made condoms were too small.
gMbDD TIL Contrary to what they tell you in Hollywood movies, Secret Service agents do not swear an oath to lay down their life for the President. However, they’re trained to protect the president at all times, and if that involves taking a bullet, so be it