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TIL a man lived 555 days without his heart, he used instead device he carried on his backpack to pump blood through his body, enabling him to do all sorts of things while awaiting transplant

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9LRr TIL that in addition to being fluent in English, Greek, Latin, French, Italian and Spanish, Thomas Jefferson also studied Arabic, Gaelic and Welsh, and remains the most multilingual President of the United States.
EY97 TIL that one of the longest wars in history, between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, lasted from 1651 to 1986. There were no casualties.
b9WV0 TIL Viking military tactics succeeded mainly because they disregarded the conventional battlefield tactics, methods, and customs of the time. They ignored unspoken rules, like not attacking holy sites. To the contrary Vikings intentionally targeted religious sites for their vulnerability and wealth.
NKW6 TIL Dolly, the cloned sheep from the 90s, was named after Dolly Parton because the sheep was cloned from the cell of a mammary gland and the scientist thought the person most synonymous with mammary glands was Dolly Parton.
KYNYR TIL that the CIA overthrew Irans last elected President paving the way for the Iran that we know today.