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TIL Leaches have been used to predict storms.

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4kbGR TIL During the Samoan Civil War of 1886-1894, Germany launched naval attacks on Samoa. The US responded by sending naval warships to confront the Germans. On March 15, 1889, the Apia Hurricane struck Samoa, sinking all the German ships and all but 1 American ship, practically ending the conflict.
b9OkZ TIL the town of Greensburg, Kansas was almost completely destroyed by an F5 tornado in 2007. The city used the opportunity to rebuild as one of the greenest cities in the world.
rNVj4 TIL a boycott/shift from Apple phones and laptops would temporarily crash the entire U.S stock market
0w0pA TIL Japanese researchers transplanted lab-grown heart muscle cells onto a human patient's damaged heart as a successful alternative to whole heart transplant. They turned adult stem cells into heart muscle cells, placed the cells on degradable sheets, & covered the damaged parts of the heart.
x6er0 TIL that "Language" and "Tongue" have the same word in Farsi which is Zaban or زبان .