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TIL Phil Collins has a lifelong interest in the Battle of the Alamo, and owns one of the largest private collections of Alamo artifacts.

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l7PKN TIL: Researchers Joseph and Charles Vacanti grew a human "ear" seeded from implanted cow cartilage cells on the back of a living mouse to explore the possibility of fabricating body parts for plastic and reconstructive surgery
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