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TIL that Stephen Hawking lived longer after diagnosis (55 years) than any other known individual with ALS

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NvZ6 TIL of “Gary Lane Day.” A day the Mayor of Burlington, Vermont dedicated to a man who among other things was “pulled over for head-banging so hard the police thought he was having a seizure.”
Do0g TIL Civil War General John Brown Gordon was shot in the head and fell face first into his hat and would have drowned in his own blood except for a bullet hole in the hat through which the blood drained allowing him to live.
KO47E TIL there is a museum in Austin, MN dedicated to Spam, and it tells the history of Hormel company, the origins of the canned product, and its place in world culture. The Spam Museum is free of charge, and the volunteer guides, known as Spambassadors, offer visitors tours and free Spamples to savor.
NXpQM TIL Derinkuyu, Turkey's Byzantine era underground city of 20,000 people
8an1L TIL The Worlds oldest mummies are not from Egypt. They are from the Chincorro people of the Atacama Desert, present day Chile, dating back to 5000 BC, nearly 2000 years before the Egyptians