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TIL The ancient Greeks may have based their mythological monsters off fossilised dinosaurs they discovered

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Oal4 TIL that human kidneys can be printed using 3D printers and living cells to make a transplantable organ.
GY7d5 TIL the Amish have such a high birth rate (average of 7 children per family) they are among the fastest-growing populations in the world.
xaD TIL The US has as many veterans as Australia has people
7r0MM TIL the ponds that are common in residential neighborhoods are not installed as water features, they’re actually retention basins used to offset the drainage capacity of the ground removed by paving roads and building houses
7rJb7 TIL that The Monuments Men actually aimed to bring all German artwork back the United States, until the German people protested.