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TIL about tooth-in-eye surgery, a surgery for restoring vision where a tooth implanted in the eye. For the surgery, the patient has a tooth removed and shaped, a plastic lens added, and put into their cheek for a few months to allow flesh to grow around it, then removed and implanted into their eye.

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OovMe Today I learned that Saudi high school social studies textbooks were withdrawn in 2017 over an image of Yoda sitting alongside King Faisal.
VMW70 TIL that upon joining Black Sabbath in 1979, Ronnie James Dio began using the sign of the horns. The previous singer in the band, Ozzy Osbourne, was rather well known for using the "peace" sign. Dio, not wanting to copy Osbourne, chose to use the sign his grandmother always made.
Ma7m TIL the reason traditional Asian roofs curve out at the corners is to allow more light to enter the windows in winter and give more shade in summer.
GYPJg TIL Luftwaffe pilot Paul Ratz was flying his fw190 fighter near St. Petersburg during ww2 and was shot down. His plane was found years later in a forest and has been restored to flying order since.
Ypvvx TIL, actress Linda Hamilton who had a role of Sarah Connor in Terminator movies had a brief marriage with director James Cameron in 1997, the year that Judgment Day would have taken place in the movie franchise.