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TIL that a man awaiting a heart transplant survived 100 days on an artificial heart, placed in his chest just like a real one. The invention was created by a father-and-son plumbing duo and originally used normal materials from local hardware stores.

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QN6M TIL From 1953 to 1958 the Cincinnati Reds officially changed their name to the Cincinnati Redlegs because they were afraid of being thought to be associated with communism.
nWdGr TIL the Irukandji jellyfish is tiny, almost invisible in the water, yet its sting can cause such extreme pain and terror that people experience days of anxiety, hallucinations, and a feeling of impending death
1nbd TIL Brian May, lead guitarist of ‘Queen’, has a PhD in Astrophysics and co-authored two scientific research papers while in Queen.
Rrp7 TIL when Japanese women laugh they often cover their mouths with their hand. This comes from an old Buddhist notion that showing bone is unclean.
GYo77 TIL that Nichelle Nichols the original Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek was a recruiter for NASA from the late 1970's until the late 1980's and many of her new recruits were women or members of racial and ethnic minorities