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TIL Sometimes a heart transplant involves keeping the original so that the recipient can have two beating hearts in their chest

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mxEOv TIL cilantro and coriander are from the same plant. Cilantro refers to the leaves and coriander comes from the dried seeds of the plant
BrG9e TIL in 2017, Courtney Dauwalter won the Moab 240, a 238-mile race in 57 hours with a one minute nap, beating the next competitor by 10 hours.
yQxa8 TIL the word restaurateur does not have an N in it, I'm floored by this. res·tau·ra·teur /ˌrestərəˈtər/ : P. restaurateurs, a person who owns and manages a restaurant.
dD4yr TIL The fats and vinegar in your meals affect glucose absorption and lower the rise in your blood sugar.
0mgA TIL Gandhi waves around nukes in Civilization because a glitch in Civ 1 (where Gandhi’s aggressive stat, set at 1, became negative upon completion of democracy) and since -1 was not a stat the game reverted it to the maximum aggressive stat, and that’s how Gandhi became a warmonger.