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TIL about Dr. Leonard Baily, who in 1984 transplanted a baboon heart into a dying infant known as Baby Fae. Baby Fae lived for another three weeks after the procedure.

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nWlrd TIL in June 2021, Boryana Straubel, wife of Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel, was struck and killed while riding a bicycle on a highway shoulder in Nevada. She managed a family foundation that focused on environmental sustainability. The driver of the car that hit her was unlicensed.
dV6r TIL the most expensive material on the planet is antimatter worth $62.5 trillion per gram
DQEjp TIL a tree of 40 fruits is a tree, created as an artwork, that has been grafted with branches from 40 different fruit trees. Creating a tree that bears 40 different fruits.
1abNd TIL that Max Martin is the songwriter with the third-most number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, behind only Paul McCartney (32) and John Lennon (26). He has won the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Songwriter of the Year award a record eleven times.
dn88 TIL that Stanley Kubrick had shown an interest in directing a porn, but then concluded that he did not have the patience or temperament to become involved in the porn industry