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TIL "University of Georgia researchers & colleagues from other universities have developed a jelly-like substance that may help catastrophic breaks knit together. Stem cells are the key ingredient in what the scientists call 'bone putty'" aka "Fracture Putty".

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M7NYK TIL that continents move at the same rate fingernails grow
wLreM TIL about the hero Shavarsh Karapetyan who, on two distinct occasions, saved several people, badly injuring himself in the process - a true example of altruism
EgPOW TIL Internet Group Suicide was common in Japan in the early 2000's - the phenomenon of committing suicide with a group of random people who met on online forums
WkAnX TIL that Disney fired Steve Whitmire (voice of Kermit the Frog for 27 years) for speaking up against changes being made to the character that he felt were against what creator Jim Henson would have wanted.
8aeLa TIL there is an aviation navigational fix named "INBRD". It is located over the rural town of Milton, FL.