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Rd9j TIL Lego has no military related sets because the inventor’s policy was to not want to make war seem like child’s play
9JLm TIL that the oldest known tortoise of modern times lived for 256 years, from 1750-2006. This unfortunately makes him the oldest virgin ever known with no records of his progeny.
4MDw TIL a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18 after needing 13 liters of blood during a major chest surgery at 13. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood more than 1,000 times, saving over 2,000,000 lives.