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TIL that scientists grew stem cells into mini brains, which then developed eye-like structures on their own. The structures, called optic cups, were light-sensitive and had lenses and corneal tissue.

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LyGm TIL: Johnny Knoxville comes from significant inbreeding.
4X9dN TIL Long-eared hedgehogs are nocturnal mammals native to the arid deserts and steppes of Egypt through to Central Asia, where they typically live in burrows. Their ears are much larger than those of other species of hedgehogs and are considered an adaptation for heat radiation in desert climates.
mx0VM TIL Buzz Aldrin is the oldest person to ever reach the South Pole, visiting in Nov. 2016 at the age of 86
1pWX TIL a “laughing heir” is distant relative who inherits a deceased person in the absence of any closer relatives. Being so distant from the deceased they don’t feel any anguish over their death, only joy at learning they will be receiving a surprise inheritance.
VBX1D TIL in a cave near Nazareth, archeologists found a skeleton of a 13 year old boy with with deer horns that had been placed on his chest. The cave was dated to be around 92,000 years old.