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TIL that Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition

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dldr TIL 30% of the air pollution in California is from Asia
AZOw TIL in Japan there is a family that has run the same hotel for nearly 1,300 years … or 46 generations
0dGoj TIL about Ken Saro Wiwa, an activist and writer who protested against environmental degradation of the land and waters of Ogoniland in Nigeria at the hands of the petroleum industry, especially the Royal Dutch Shell company. Shell is accused of being complicit in his arrest and subsequent execution.
j6Exn TIL That the famous Chris Farley Sketch "Matt Foley: Motivational Speaker" was Written by Bob Odenkirk (BreakingBad/Better Call Saul)
e0xek TIL George Washington was voted Britain’s “Greatest Enemy Commander” in a contest organized by the UK’s National Army Museum, beating out Napoleon Bonaparte, Michael Collins, Erwin Rommel, and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.