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TIL it's possible to regrow lost teeth with stem cells.

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R5LW4 TIL about "The Pizza Meter," an unusual indicator of major US military actions
b9W8N TIL that during the filming of the Sound of Music, the city of Salzburg refused to allow Nazi flags to be hung off buildings for filming. The director threatened to instead use real newsreel footage of the city enthusiastically greeting Hitler. The city quickly backpedalled and allowed the shot.
GYaXQ TIL of Tilly Bébé, a circus performer famous for her taming of large predators. She was small and dressed like a doll while performing with hyenas, lions and even groups of 40 polar bears. Silent footage of her life with the animals helped pioneer a new "exotic-erotic-escapist" genre of film.
opJY TIL a high school kid once wrote 150 famous novelists to ask if they intentionally put symbolism in their work. 75 authors responded, including Bradbury, Asimov, Kerouac, Ayn Rand, and Updike.
emKg TIL that the Hindenburg was originally designed to use non-flammable helium but the USA refused to export any resulting in the hydrogen based construction.