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TIL Scientists are learning how to grow custom-made body parts so they can be ready when you and your vital organs start falling apart.

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9YKDr TIL the different standard sizes of beds.
yQdEp TIL John Wojtowicz robbed a bank to pay for his partner’s gender reassignment surgery. He was caught and sent to prison but while behind bars, they made a movie about him with Al Pacino playing him. John used the royalties earned from the movie to pay for his partner’s surgery.
rrGy TIL NY City, at 8.406 Million (2013) has a higher population than 37 out of the 50 US States.
W7ZQd TIL Taco Bell has tried to enter the Mexican market two times - in 1992 and 2007. Failed both times. It was too expensive, people didn't understand what they were ordering because the names of the food didn't make sense to Mexicans and Taco Bell used frozen meat imported from the US.
X05Ar TIL that in 2005, a Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia nominated a fire hydrant to run for the Board of Governors (and even acted as its "translator"). The hydrant pulled in 900 votes, missing a seat by six ballots.