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TIL the fork was once considered immoral, unhygienic and a tool of the devil.

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d85lE TIL that there is an organic compound called penguinone because it looks like a penguin
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JkZv 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.
ZpYAD TIL of the Bronx Zoo Most Dangerous Animal in the World exhibit of 1963, which featured a cage and a mirror, allowing visitors to see that it was humanity which was most dangerous.
jN47j TIL that Harry Connick Jr.‘s mother-in-law, Glenna Goodacre, was a famous sculptor who designed the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington DC, the Irish Memorial in Philadelphia, and the Sacagawea dollar.