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TIL that nerves can be grafted and spliced like wires, fixing damage to muscle control or pain

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XrWR TIL The United States has more golf courses than the rest of the world combined.
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X0OvE TIL that the name of the orchid comes from the Greek word for testicle, "ὄρχις", because of the shape of the twin tubers in some plants of the genus Orchis. This resemblance is also why the Middle English word for certain orchids was "bollockwort", from "bollock" (testicle) and "wort" (plant).
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