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TIL The guy who voiced the tootsie pop owl invented the artificial human heart

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J1nVV TIL that the "Freeze", the runner whom fans race against at Atlanta Braves games, is actually a professional track and field runner, not a robot.
Vm7Q TIL Twelve female snipers of the Russian 3rd Shock Army have a combined kill count of 775 during World War II and it is estimated that in 1943 the Soviet Union had over 2000 female snipers in their military.
N79eE TIL that the ancient Incas performed skillful brain surgery with a roughly 80% success rate. In comparison, 500+ years later, Civil War doctors only had a success rate of 50%
P1VJG TIL Judith Durham, lead singer of iconic 1960s band The Seekers, was scheduled to sing "The Carnival Is Over" at the closing ceremony for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney; however, she broke her hip. A month later, she would perform the song at the closing ceremony for the Paralympics from a wheelchair.
0dMYA TIL that vast numbers of horses served in WW2 for transportation of troops and supplies. Germany used 2.75m and Russia used 3.5m.