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TIL that osteo-odonto keratoprosthesis (OOKP) is a procedure that uses a patient’s own tooth implanted in their eye to craft a support structure for an artificial cornea to restore vision.

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dDawr TIL that Kurt Cobain trolled the attendees at a concert by playing the opening chords to “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, but never actually performing the entire song, after misogynistic chants were thrown at an all-female band, Calamity Jane, earlier in the show.
lQ1a TIL that depictions of the prophet Muhammad are common in Iran.
ADQbd TIL Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
7rVJX TIL in the 1950s more than 77% of all German government officials and judges were (former) nazis, which is an even higher percentage than during the actual Third Reich itself.
e0d7J TIL Ash Ketchum comes from CATCH EM ALL...