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TIL: About Stan Larkin, who lived for 555 days without a heart before finally receiving a transplant.

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ndWP TIL that the pyramids were built not by slaves, but by well–fed, skilled laborers, who were given proper housing and living quarters.
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8arbV TIL The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.
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