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TIL Robotic assisted surgeries have been done for more than 10 years. The Dr sits at a station in the operating room with a 3-D display and uses joystick-like controls to manipulate robotic arms, but does not physically touch the patient to perform the surgery.

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r0d1 TIL San Diego woman, Concetta Antico, having ‘Super Vision’, unique genetic mutation, can see 100 times more colors than the average person. The genetic mutation causes one to gain a 4th color-vision cone in their eyes.
ZleD TIL that a North Korean man holds the world record for the clean and jerk in the 56kg event. He became only the fifth man to ever clean and jerk three times his own body weight. He won gold in the 2012 Summer Olympic games with this feat.
ANxpl TIL that the Moon is drifting away from Earth at a rate of about 1.5 inches per year. In about 600 million years, the Moon will be too far to cause total eclipses!
mxPPO TIL that Italian law states that only products totally made in Italy (planning, manufacturing and packaging) are allowed to use the label Made in Italy compared with "Made in Germany" (all essential manufacturing steps) or "Made in the USA" (virtually all). Abuse is punished by the Italian law.
GYPpG TIL the reason we write from left to right is to not smudge ink. The Greeks (from whom English is derived) mostly had right handed stone workers and when they began to use papyrus, left to right allowed them to see what they were writing as well as prevent ruining the paper by smudging the ink