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TIL an artificial heart is only temporary, implanted to keep patients alive until they can receive a heart transplant

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4kg6J TIL, President Eisenhower named Camp David after his father and grandson.
5YJbD TIL that in the early 20th century, giving birth at hospital was more dangerous than at home. Reasons appareantly include doctors not washing hands (gentelmen have clean hands), being undertrained and overusing unnecessary (and harmful) procedures just to look cooler than midwifes.
694oW TIL a Tapir can scratch its back with its penis
R1W9 TIL Neil Armstrong’s astronaut application form arrived a week past the deadline. His friend Dick Day saw the late arrival of the application and slipped it into the pile before anyone noticed.
VBnAp TIL: The average age of a first time home buyer in the United States has increased to 36 years