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TIL that former NBA player Dennis Smith Jr. recovered from an ACL tear in less than 2 Months after an extra ligament was found during surgery. He was dunking just 4 to 5 weeks after his surgery.

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N7aL1 TIL about the megalopenis. It’s the opposite of the micropenis and is 2 standard deviations above the mean length. It can also lead to health problems.
b9Wb0 TIL A 25-year old man revived 12 dead lakes in India to fight off water scarcity.
dDNmE TIL Costa Concordia rescuers had to to do a 3 days training in the mountains to learn how to endure the tilt shift of the boat for rescue efforts
7ypX TIL that a real light bulb cartel lowered the average lifespan of a bulb to 1,000 hours in order to boost sales in the 1920s. Their successful work popularized the concept of planned obsolescence.
JEj4 TIL the Slinky was conceived of in 1943 by Richard James. While working at a shipbuilding company, he watched a torsion spring fall off a table and flip end over end. His wife came up with the name Slinky after looking through the dictionary for a word that described the motion of the spring.