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TIL that places that end in -stan mean "places of" in Persian

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eNx5 TIL Human cadavers donated to science are used as crash test dummies because they’re better at showing organ and tissue damage than conventional dummies (for obvious reasons).
J15Ym TIL that modern rocket engine nozzle and centrifugal cream separator were created as side projects during development of impulse steam turbine
E1kl7 TIL: On March 28 1990 Michael Jordan scored a career high 69 points against Cleveland
W7GxA TIL: Only members of the genus Homo can touch the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger.
GYMxE TIL at a Japanese University ceremony, graduates remotely operated robots that accepted certificates of graduation. Each student robot was dressed in a real cloth graduation gown & topped with a real mortarboard over the screen "head".