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TIL we are close to be able to grow new teeth.

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VmAZ TIL Pearl Jam’s song “Jeremy” is based on a true story where a high school student committed suicide in front of his class.
BrxxW TIL that in 2017 someone (the Ukrainian authorities blame Russia) used a drone carrying a thermite grenade to blow up an ammunition dump, setting off a billion dollars worth of explosives.
69EVJ TIL one of the convict ships to Australia in the early 1800s was just called "Dick"
8GKK TIL that prior to Harry Harlow’s controversial experiments on infant rhesus monkeys, the medical community in the US believed that physical contact between mother and infant wasn’t necessary beyond feeding. His findings were considered revolutionary at the time, but are now widely accepted.