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TIL that tattoo pigments can be transported through the lymphatic system and deposited in the lymph nodes where it then stains the lymph node tissue. This effect was observed in tissue samples taken from cadavers.

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LkdG0 TIL in 1978 a Jumbo Jet bound for JFK airport with400 passengers lost an engine and was about to crash on a crowded Athens neighborhood, but Just 57 meters above ground the pilot managed to safely land on a mountain. Based on flight data gathered afterwards, the plane crashed in every simulation
ANYLw TIL A chicken in Indonesia has such a distinctive crow it is used as a foghorn on boats.
d845Q TIL that the Post-It note was created by employees at 3M during their own "permitted bootlegging" time, a company-sanctioned time in which employees could work on their own side projects.
b94X7 TIL that a racing horse in the late 1700s named Potoooooooo got his name after the owner instructed the stable boy to write the horses name (Potato) on a feed bin. The stable boy misspelled the name as "Potoooooooo" (Pot plus 8 Os) and the owner loved it so much that he kept the name.
a7PN TIL Volvo invented the three point seatbelt and it gave free license to all other auto manufacturers to use it.