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TIL There is 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.

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ZpvQo TIL despite surviving an assassination attempt while running for president again, Theodore Roosevelt did not win re-election!
oLdA TIL Psychologists think you can be either social or analytical at one time - and those factors suppress each other. If you’re being social, your analytical skills are suppressed, and vice versa.
vPJxL TIL that the “Vacanti mouse” (circa 1996) was a laboratory mouse that had what looked like a human ear grown on its back, which was actually an ear-shaped cartilage structure created by seeding cow knee cartilage cells into a biodegradable ear-shaped mold and implanting it under the skin.
JYALB TIL The Vietnam government executes corporate executives convicted of financial crimes or corporate malfeasance.
GA9mJ TIL A day in earth increases 1.8 milliseconds every century