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TIL We may have a 50/50 chance of having discovered a planet that is 12.4 lightyears away that supports, and has markers for, at least primitive life already existing

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69ABw TIL that in 2019, U.S company BIOLIFE4D 3D printed a miniature human heart with many of the same functions and structures as a real, full-sized human heart.
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awYrb TIL Part of the reason we sigh is because the alveoli in the lungs collapse with disuse, and a sigh pops them back open by taking in more air. Humans average about 12 sighs an hour, and without them our lungs would fail.
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