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TIL Cross circulation where a second human (usually they patient's father) was used as a heart bypass 'machine' was used for the first surgeries to fix congenital heart defects in children.

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p89np TIL that if you swat a fly and there’s a red smear, it’s not blood, but actually the pigment from its eyes.
epRdJ TIL US military funded E-girl influencers are trying to get Gen Z into the military
ADmvl TIL camels first evolved in North America and camel fossile remains have been found in the arctic.
neQNW TIL There was an Asian Elephant named Osama Bin Laden that was rogue and killed 27 people during its lifetime, before being killed in a ‘shoot-to-kill’ operation.
e0eGD Today I learned the city of Stockholm used the game Cities: Skylines to help design a new district and simulate housing and transportation