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TIL Alan Cumming is Scottish

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5a6R TIL a Doctor in Australia 3D printed a mans vertebrae and successfully installed the components. Not only that but they were two highly-specialised vertebrae that are involved in the flexion and rotation of the cranium.
awoMo TIL that the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was first used to describe the lands controlled by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and not the British Empire as is commonly thought.
Bg7Ad TIL that turning left on a red light is permitted in some states after a complete stop, from a one-way street to a one-way street, unless otherwise posted.
nejJB TIL two men were brought up on federal hacking charges when they exploited a bug in video poker machines and won half a million dollars. His lawyer argued, "All these guys did is simply push a sequence of buttons that they were legally entitled to push." The case was dismissed.
REGj TIL Water is used in rice fields to prevent weeds. Rice doesn’t actually need that much water, but since it can thrive in such conditions, whereas weeds cannot, it’s a natural protection against them.