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TIL about Zolgensma - $2.1 million single dose life changing treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

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QJERa TIL NASA has released ‘spooky’ sounds from space for Halloween.
e7NJ TIL bacteria outnumbers human cells by at least 10-1 in our bodies. Damn it feels good to be a superorganism.
neAoG TIL that in 1403, at the Battle of Shrewsbury when future King Henry V of England was 16 he was shot in the face by an arrow. The royal physician, while using honey as an antiseptic, crafted a specially designed tool to successfully extract the embedded arrowhead without doing any further damage.
PY8ZO TIL that for the past 50 years, the Skilcraft US Government ballpoint pen has been produced by sight-impaired workers under an 80-year-old program dating to the New Deal to employ blind Americans.
a8e80 TIL that several tufts of George Washington's hair are preserved at Mount Vernan inside various frames, paper, and jewelry. (He wore his natural hair long, and refrained from using a wig, which was fashionable at the time.)