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TIL Japanese artist Hitomi Terasawa drew the inner workings of the Kowloon Walled City before it was razed in 1994

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BrDaL TIL a man lived 555 days without his heart, he used instead device he carried on his backpack to pump blood through his body, enabling him to do all sorts of things while awaiting transplant
woj91 TIL that a section of Kuomintang (Nationalist) forces near the Sino-Burmese border refused to withdraw to Taiwan in 1949. They remained in Burmese territory for eleven years, fighting against the government of Myanmar and the People's Republic of China until their final defeat in 1961.
ANbdg TIL The USDA defines sandwiches as, "at least 35% cooked meat and no more than 50% bread" for closed sandwiches, and "at least 50% cooked meat" for open sandwiches.
KZJG TIL after the New York Rangers’ goalie suffered an injury during a 1928 Stanley Cup Final game, the Rangers’ coach was forced to play goalie for the rest of the game. He saved 18 out of 19 shots, and the Rangers went on to win the game in overtime.
QN7Je TIL the "Redwood of the East" - a 100ft-tall tree that once covered 25% of Eastern US forests, produced tons of food, and built America's industrial backbone - lost 99.9% of its population to a catastrophic blight.