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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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DQgrD TIL Deep-sea divers use a mix of 79% helium and 21% oxygen, making their voices squeeky. They need to use pitch control to understandably communicate.
6PD8 TIL there was a TV show piloted in Germany where twelve contestants donated their sperm to a lab where doctors observed their seed race towards an egg. The winner of The Sperm Race got a Porsche.
ANPJa TIL: During one filming session of the 2004 movie, “passion of Christ”. assistant director Jan Michelini was struck twice by lightning and Minutes later, Jim Caviezel (the actor for Jesus) was also struck. Both survived
7MXX TIL Sylvester Stallone Spared with Earnie Shavers, speculated hardest puncher in boxing history, in preparation for Rocky3. Shavers refused to hit Stallone with anything but a reluctant jab. But Stallone persuaded Shavers to deliver an authentic punch, which was so powerful Stallone ran off puking.
xVYmD TIL of Eben Byers, who won the US Amateur Golf Championship in 1906. After an injury a doctor recommended a popular ‘cure-all’ called Radithor. Due to taking this, his jaw had decayed. The deteriorating tissue was surgically removed, leaving him with a gaping hole where his mouth used to be.