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TIL researchers printed out a beating mouse heart using a modified printer with cells in the ink cartridge.

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nWJEr TIL that the term “gaslighting” comes from a 1938 thriller play called Gas Light, set in 1880s London, in which a husband tries to convince his wife she’s insane.
ep9a4 TIL: The Forever Postage Stamp of the Statue Of Liberty is actually a picture of its replica at New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The sculptor of the replica successfully sued the postal service for copyright infringement.
LkL5p TIL United Way set a world record by releasing almost one-and-a-half million balloons that resulted in unexpected disaster. The event was intended to be a harmless fundraising publicity stunt, but the balloons drifted back over the city, Lake Erie, and landed in the surrounding area.
X0GgR TIL the first woman to be on the ballot in all 50 states was in 1988: a black woman named Lenora Fulani. She is 74 years old now.
EgkOX TIL that its not safe to work on a computer during a thunderstorm unless it is wireless