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TIL Scientists are growing mini brains from human stem cells and are now in the process of integrating with AI

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WkxDN TIL about Jonny Kim who is a Navy SEAL, a Harvard Medical Doctor, and a NASA Astronaut
Yp9dW TIL In the movie Twister, the Dorothy unit shown in the film was not complete science fiction but based on NOAA's real TOTO unit, and the film props are now displayed with the real device at the National Weather Center.
P49G TIL that actor James Doohan was shot six times on D-day after successfully leading his men through a minefield and killing two German snipers. One of the shots to the chest would have been fatal except he had a silver cigarette case there, given to him by his brother.
0dyL TIL that in 1943, a German soldier refused to shoot down an American Soldier, and actually escorted him off of German grounds back to the North Sea.
LkZEQ TIL that a week after the 9/11 attacks, there was a postal mail attack in which perpetrators sent letters containing anthrax spores to several Congressman, killing 5 people and infecting 17 others.