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TIL: A 25-year-old lived for more than a year without a heart

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kvmE TIL in 2006, David Copperfield used slight of hand to trick armed robbers into believing he had nothing even though he was carrying his passport, wallet, and cellphone.
EV4W TIL The guy who bought windows2000.com happened to be named Bob and Microsoft happened to own Bob.com. They came to an agreement to trade one for the other.
N7ZNP TIL that the current version of the Tomahawk cruise missile is capable of loitering over a target while sending back imagery to ground controllers before being commanded to dive on to the a target.
1aEd TIL In 1945 Frank Sinatra cancelled a $10,000 gig and traveled to Gary, Indiana to convince white high school students striking against integration to return to school. Sinatra called it “the most shameful incident in the history of American education.”
7rwVX TIL the "r" in "Mrs" comes from the title of Mistress, as it was the counterpart of the title Master, which held the original abbreviation of "Mr".