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TIL a clinical trial in 2016 held at Stanford University School of Medicine found that injecting modified human stem cells directly into the brains of chronic stroke patients can re-enable patients to walk.

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MyPW TIL teams at Whole Foods vote whether new employees can stay or are fired after their first 90 days on the job.
4kRyJ TIL the screw thread is believed to have been invented around 400 BCE, by Archytas of Tarentum, a Greek philosopher sometimes called “the father of mechanics.” The general principle of the screw was applied early on, in cities like Pompeii, to extract olive oil and grape juice
ANO7x TIL there’s a house in NY that is legally haunted “and seller must inform the purchaser of the haunting.”
VMVoQ TIL of the Gay Panic Defense: "a legal strategy in which a defendant claims they acted in a state of violent, temporary insanity, committing assault or murder, because of unwanted same-sex sexual advances." Basically, if a gay person hitting on you makes you upset, you can attack or even kill them.
EdW7 TIL someone made 49 Twitter accounts with which he/she is reenacting the entirety of Back to the Future