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TIL South Park did a Scientology episode the credits all said John Smith or Jane Smith to avoid personal lawsuits

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b9Yp4 TIL that Dr. Anthony Atala out of Boston Children's Hospital successfully 3D bio-printed a bladder for a cancer patient and it is continually to function after over a decade.
P1WrG TIL in the 50s Disneyland offered fishing on Tom Sawyer Island in an area called Catfish Cove. Guests could borrow a pole and a can of worms to try and catch fish. They offered to clean, ice and store them until close at a restaurant. It was promptly ended after fish were discarded all over the park
aw5dA TIL that the oldest unopened Wine Bottle is +1650 years old
QNxY6 TIL In the early 17th century, people began to believe plaits were an external symptom of an internal illness. A growing plait was supposed to take the illness "out" of the body, and therefore it was rarely cut off; in addition, the belief that a cut-off plait could avenge itself
8eymX TIL that Abraham Lincoln was originally named after his grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, who was also killed in a assassination