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TIL a surgeon was able to keep a chicken’s heart tissue alive for over 20 years without it being attached to a body, deeming the cells, “immortal.”

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yWNw TIL that any North Koreans that escape to South Korea are automatically granted citizenship upon arrival
9gL7 TIL that dolphins talking to each other over the phone will recognize who they’re talking to
0wKoR TIL Olive Oatman was captured in 1851 by Native Americans who slaughtered most of her family. She eventually integrated into a Mohave tribe and was given tattoos to enter the afterlife. Settlers traded to "free" her in 1857. She was the first tattooed American woman; her story remains mysterious.
BrmOK TIL there are (wild) baboons who raise and keep dogs as part of their tribes
W70LY TIL - Some species of sea turtles can absorb oxygen through their cloacal (genital) orifice, allowing them to stay underwater for extended periods of time without surfacing for air? This method of respiration is called cloacal respiration.