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TIL about James Harrison - a blood donor in Australia whose plasma contains antibodies for Rhesus disease. His donations over 60 years have saved over 2 million babies. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Conan O'Brien was given the nickname Coco by Tom Hanks on the second episode of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" in 2009. Conan jokingly replied, "If that sticks, I'm going to sue you!" T... (www.fltimes.com)

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Original Title: TIL Conan O'Brien was given the nickname Coco by Tom Hanks on the second episode of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" in 2009. Conan jokingly replied, "If that sticks, I'm going to sue you!" The name would later be used for the Team Coco campaign to support him during the "Late Night Wars."

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TIL that in the United States, 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level, 20% are below 5th-grade level, and 21% are illiterate. (www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com)

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TIL John Cena holds the record for the most wishes granted through the Make-A-Wish foundation, coming in at 650 (www.npr.org)

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TIL that all 32 bit computers will have an issue on January19, 2038 like we had in Y2K (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL the diplomas awarded by the Colorado School of Mines are silver-plated. (weare.mines.edu)

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TIL that Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy of Montreal, died in 2007 without any close heirs. So, the aristocratic title went to his second cousin: The guy who played the dad in "Th... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL that Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy of Montreal, died in 2007 without any close heirs. So, the aristocratic title went to his second cousin: The guy who played the dad in "The Nanny."

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TIL Sticky rice was mixed with slaked lime to create a mortar that held the bricks of the Great Wall of China together. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that before 1979, you could use the hippie trail to go from Western Europe to India without flying (www.wikipedia.org)

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TIL of Abu Zubaydah, a detainee of Guantanamo Bay for over 20 years. He has never been charged and has been tortured, including being waterboarded 83 times in one month (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that Winston Churchill would have written John D. Rockefeller's biography, during the 1930s, but the Rockefellers withdrew their offer once Churchill demanded $250.000 for writing the biograph... (www.history.com)

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Original Title: TIL that Winston Churchill would have written John D. Rockefeller's biography, during the 1930s, but the Rockefellers withdrew their offer once Churchill demanded $250.000 for writing the biography of their patriarch.

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TIL that Chinese Pizza Hut removed all salad bars as patrons would exploit the one-bowl rule by constructing a massive salad tower. Many people created extremely complicated and articulate enginee... (www.thebeijinger.com)

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Original Title: TIL that Chinese Pizza Hut removed all salad bars as patrons would exploit the one-bowl rule by constructing a massive salad tower. Many people created extremely complicated and articulate engineering structures. Multiple people even successfully submitted them as civil engineering class projects.

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TIL that SPIDERS have the capability to "fly" across oceans. They are capable of using both the earth's electromagnetic field, and the wind to fly in a process known as "ballooning". (www.pbs.org)

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TIL The world's largest organism is likely this weird hybrid seagrass off Australia's western coast, which spans more than 180km. Weirdly, it doesn't seem to have a cute pet nickname. (www.abc.net.au)

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TIL: The only country who has successfully invoked NATO Article 5 is the USA after the attacks on September 11. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL Winnie-the-Pooh was originally named "Edward." They renamed the stuffed bear Winnie after meeting a black bear at the London Zoo with the same name. "Pooh" comes from a swan the creator AA Mil... (www.cbc.ca)

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Original Title: TIL Winnie-the-Pooh was originally named "Edward." They renamed the stuffed bear Winnie after meeting a black bear at the London Zoo with the same name. "Pooh" comes from a swan the creator AA Milne and his son encountered that they named Pooh.

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TIL: Maria Rasputin, Rasputin's daughter, after his death worked as a cabaret dancer, then for the Busch Circus. In one season, she became a lion tamer. She was eventually mauled by a bear and lef... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL: Maria Rasputin, Rasputin's daughter, after his death worked as a cabaret dancer, then for the Busch Circus. In one season, she became a lion tamer. She was eventually mauled by a bear and left the circus to work as a riveter in the US before dying in LA.

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TIL that the first country to recognize U.S. independence from Great Britain, in 1777, was Morocco. (en.wikipedia.org)

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TIL that in Nazi-occupied Netherlands, you could not be a Catholic AND a Nazi. The same month the Nazis invaded, the Dutch Catholic bishops excommunicated all their Nazis. (www.catholicnewsagency.com)

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TIL The algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, has been identified as the largest known single-celled organism. Found underwater, it can grow up to several meters long- even though it's technically just one c... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL The algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, has been identified as the largest known single-celled organism. Found underwater, it can grow up to several meters long- even though it's technically just one cell.

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TIL about Joseph Goldberger an epidemiologist in the US Public Health Service. He proved pellagra was due to bad diet, but for years his evidence was disbelieved. (history.nih.gov)

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TIL golfer LPGA founder Patty Berg won 15 majors and was also a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve during World War II, and, as a teen, played quarterback—and was the only girl—on the 50... (www.defense.gov)

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Original Title: TIL golfer LPGA founder Patty Berg won 15 majors and was also a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve during World War II, and, as a teen, played quarterback—and was the only girl—on the 50th Street Tigers football team in Minneapolis

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TIL Willem Dafoe played a fictionalized version of German actor Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), produced by Nicolas Cage, earning an Oscar nomination for his role. Schreck originally ... (en.wikipedia.org)

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Original Title: TIL Willem Dafoe played a fictionalized version of German actor Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), produced by Nicolas Cage, earning an Oscar nomination for his role. Schreck originally portrayed Count Orlok in the 1922 Nosferatu. Dafoe later starred in the 2024 remake of Nosferatu.

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TIL between 1991 and 2018 lithium-ion batteries became 30x cheaper (spectrum.ieee.org)

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TIL that Kmart has 1 remaining store in the Continental U.S. (www.voanews.com)

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