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TIL that in 2023, a team of doctors in Boston treated brain malformation in a baby while it was still in womb, by using ultrasound guidance, a needle, and tiny coils that were placed directly into the abnormal blood vessels to stop blood flow.

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69QGl Today I learned In 1981, General Mills received the first patent for a microwave oven popcorn bag; popcorn consumption saw a sharp increase then by tens of thousands of pounds.
8eADZ TIL Juggling is ancient with the earliest Egyptian depiction being in a 11th Dynasty (2150-1991 BCE) tomb painting. Juggling was also well established in China where in 603 BCE Xiong Yiliao made a Song army retreat through an impressive display of juggling 9 balls.
BB8e TIL J.S. Bach was attacked by one of his students because he said the student played the bassoon like a goat
WoVo TIL that after extensive analysis of charts, currents, video, photographs, interviews, and witness statements it was shown that the Star Princess, a Princess Cruise Ship, did not leave three men adrift in the sea.
jvVa TIL according to MIT the toughest tongue twister is: “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod”