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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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xVn97 TIL that particularly destructive named hurricanes will have their names removed from recurring lists for naming storms
wL4MW TIL of Fukushi Masaichi, collector of tattoos taken from the dead. He had acquired these skins by working in a charity hospital, and by offering people money "to finish their tattoos on the condition he could harvest the tattoo when they died."
yeOw TIL That all designer sunglasses (Ray-Ban, Prada, Oakley, Chanel, Coach, Versace…), and stores (Pearle Vision, Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters…) basically come from one Italian Megacorporation.
0wwAL TIL that after her owner suffered a heart attack, a pig named LuLu saved her owner's life by squeezing through a doggy door, pushing open a gate and lay down in the middle of a nearby road until a motorist stopped and followed the pig back to the house.
AG4w TIL the U.S. Supreme Court Building has a basketball court located on the fifth floor, named the “Highest Court in the Land”