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TIL A college student created a functioning prosthetic arm that consists of a single forearm long tentacle like appendage.

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awZy TIL that Unreal Engine 3 was used for the backgrounds in LazyTown
5YwoB TIL Greg Ham, the flautist and founding member of the band Men at Work, died of an overdose following a bout of depression sustained from losing a plagiarism lawsuit from copyright trolls. His crime: using part of the children's nursery rhyme "Kookaburra" on his solo in the song "Down Under"
Z8NRB TIL one of the Dead Sea Scroll caves, discovered in 1952, contained up to 15,000 torn fragments. One archaeologist spent his life piecing them together, but died in 1979 with the work unfinished.
Eg61w TIL about the $50 science kit that had real Uranium. The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (1950s) was meant for kids. The kit included a cloud chamber for viewing particle physics, a Geiger counter for monitoring radiation levels and measuring radioactive decay, as well as radioactive ore.
Ooo4a TIL that redheads are likely more sensitive to thermal pain and are more resistant to lidocaine, a type of anaesthesia. This is caused by mutations of the melanocortin 1 receptor which is responsible for red colored hair.