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TIL that human kidneys can be printed using 3D printers and living cells to make a transplantable organ.

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NXwB1 TIL The average healthy human produced 1 to 2 liters of snot per day
loVv1 TIL that Marble Hill actually was part of Manhattan until they built a canal where the current Harlem River is. I also learned that St. Stephen's Church used to overlook the original estuary, Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
8evna TIL: Donnie Dunagan is a Marine major that served in Vietnam and led a boot camp for years before retiring in 1977. He is also the voice of Bambi in the 1942 classic movie.
7meM TIL that in 2007 China tested a missile and shot down one of their own satellites, accidentally creating 2,087 pieces of space debris on crazy orbits, all of which are now required to be tracked to avoid space collisions
xV8Wk TIL After the scene where Margot Robbie has sex with Leonardo DiCaprio on a pile of money in 'Wolf of Wall Street', Robbie ended the scene with her back covered in paper cuts from the fake money they used