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TIL that Transparent Aluminum is a real thing -- Aluminum Oxynitride (AlON) is a ceramic composed of aluminium, oxygen and nitrogen.

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KOvVw TIL there's an extinct breed of dog that was bred to run on a wheel in order to turn meat on a cooking spit in kitchens.
VnkB TIL Betteridge’s law states, “Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”
BgaGD TIL Michael DeBakey, developed over many years the technique of replacing the damaged aorta with a tube made of polyethylene terephthalate. He himself suffered aortic dissection at the age of 97 and survived for two years thanks to the technique he developed himself.
nMoo TIL James Watson 0 who in 1953 helped discover the structure of DNA - is still alive, still a scientist, and part of a project to discover the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
VMxV8 TIL about Mitchelville. A self governing American town where newly freed slaves developed and thrived as the first free black town after the Civil War.