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TIL that scientists were able to use a spinach leaf as scaffolding to build a mini working human heart.

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VyZQ TIL that there are more barrels of Bourbon in the state of Kentucky than there are people.
lLEr TIL that Fred Savage directed 19 of episodes of Its Always Sunny
lOLa TIL in 2005, Scarlett Johansson once auditioned for what was supposed to be a role for ‘Mission: Impossible III’, but turned out to be an audition by Scientology matchmakers for who would be Tom Cruise’s new wife, which she politely turned down.
vPRL TIL that the largest pyramid in the world was just recently found in 2009. it was covered by the canopy of a mayan jungle.
jNkyR TIL the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only all-black, all-female battalion overseas during World War II. The group was nicknamed "Six Triple Eight" and their motto was "No mail, no morale"