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TIL scientists now have the ability to use a 3D printer to make complex chunks of growing muscle, cartilage, and bone.

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p8bBp TIL that more women than men have contributed to our DNA. At some points in human history the ratio is 17:1 that is 17 women reproduced for one man
pg8Z TIL that Trader Joe’s, a tiki-nautical themed chain of grocery stores, is owned by Aldi.
wWRJ TIL that when Kiefer Sutherland found out about a “24” drinking game where you drink every time he says “damn it,” he decided to play along and started saying the phrase as many times as he could in an episode.
WjQX TIL when the space station Skylab fell to Earth in 1979, it landed in Esperance, Western Australia. The Shire of Esperance fined NASA $400 for littering, which went unpaid for 30 years until a radio host raised the money and paid it on behalf of NASA.
Ooy16 TIL a study of Holocaust survivors found that they passed their trauma on to their children. Their children were found to have an increased likelihood of stress disorders when compared to Jewish families who were living outside of Europe during WWII.