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TIL that doctors will sometimes sew hands into the patient’s abdomen to avoid amputation and allow healing, while avoiding infection and tissue death.

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R5MY9 TIL that one of the most quoted lines from Star Trek: The Original Series is “Beam me up, Scotty." It’s been used in merchandise, commercials and other media influenced by the show. Ironically, this exact quote has never actually been said in any Star Trek episode or movie.
jP9R TIL that people who use Botox reduce their ability to empathize with others
R7ZK6 TIL that This American Life recently became the first recipient of a Pulitzer Prize awarded for audio journalism. For context, the Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 and the first radio broadcast was in 1920. 100 years and never awarded to a radio show.
ErgW TIL Margret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, said: “that abortion was the wrong way — no matter how early it was performed it was taking a life; that contraception was the better way, the safer way…because life had not yet begun.”
8ay0K TIL there are species of sponges made of glass (silicon dioxide) which have excellent strength and flexibility, better than current fibre optic technology