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TIL Brazilian Doctors are Experimenting with Using Tilapia Skin Instead of Human Skin Grafts for Treatment of Severe Burn Victims

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oRYpr TIL that the rarest mineral on Earth is kyawthuite, with only one known specimen found in Myanmar.
dp49 TIL of Black Jack, the riderless horse who participated in over 1,000 Full Honors US Military Funerals, including JFK’s. He is one of two horses to be buried with Full Military Honors himself, the other being Comanche, General Custer’s horse.
X0oKE TIL about a cheeky species of New Zealand parrot that required their own special playground be made to keep them from messing with traffic
EKL0 TIL Every armoured vehicle of the UK has a requirement for a BV or Boiling Vessel for making tea. This is unique to the British Armed Forces
4XORN TIL that critics of the Golden Rule have devised the so-called Platinum Rule, which states "Do unto others as they would have you do unto them, not as you would have them do unto you."