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TIL Scientists have turned spinach into beating human heart tissue

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XEpBE TIL that Matt Leblanc, before he was cast in Friends, was told by a photographer to go to a dentist and file a tooth as it was longer. Matt couldn't afford $80 for the dentist as he only had $11 left to his name, so he bought 3 packs of emery boards (Nail files) and filed the tooth himself.
OpRe TIL that the UK’s royal family’s last name ‘Windsor’ is actually taken from Windsor castle, rather than vice versa.
69gJY TIL that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than to plants
epDRD TIL that the first apple computer was sold for $666 without mouse and keyboard just a simple assembled circuit board
m1OkY TIL FBI agents visiting the loan shark and murderer Sam DeStefano to question him, would be served special blend of coffee with an unusual taste. After they discovered this was caused by DeStefano urinating in the beverages, one agent was never able to drink coffee again.