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TIL scientists have created a two-chambered mouse heart using a modified inkjet printer with cells instead of ink. When shocked with electricity, the heart started beating

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oRerY TIL: That between the years 1790 and 1800, Philadelphia was in fact the capital of the United States of America. The capital of the United States was moved to Washington D.C. in 1800 upon completion of the White House and U.S. Capitol buildings, where it has remained ever since.
arQ0 TIL 40% of schizophrenics are left handed - Despite only 10% of the general populace being left handed.
maNE TIL chocolate milk was invented by an Irishman while visiting Jamaica in the 1680s. Locals mixed cocoa with water - which Hans Sloane found nauseating - so instead he mixed it with milk to make it more pleasant. He brought the recipe to England, where it was made and sold by pharmacists as medicine
0wlwL TIL that the worst maritime disaster of the 21st Century was the loss of "MV Le Joola". Some victims were trapped in the hull for 4 hours before the ship finally submerged. Only 64 survived out of a total of 1,927 people on board.
xVwo1 TIL Peter Weller was awarded a PhD from UCLA in Italian Renaissance Art History in 2014 at the age of 67