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TIL James Harrison aka The Man With the Golden Arm started donating blood regularly after age 18 and scientists found that his blood contains Rh (D) immune globulin or anti-D, which helps prevent fetuses who have Rhesus Disease. He has made over 1000 blood donations and saved 2,000,000 babies.

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EPl0 TIL the youngest prisoner ever at Guantanamo was 13 and since it has been open, 21 children have been imprisoned there since it’s inception.
mElP TIL there is a Hatian martial art called machete fencing
JYowj TIL of Robert Martinson, an American sociologist who became notable nationwide in the early '70s for his influential conclusion that prison rehabilitation was ineffective. He killed himself a few years later, after he published a reversal of his stance that went largely unnoticed.
0wGvy TIL in 1980 a Peruvian fighter pilot chased and shot at a UFO in what is the only documented case of a military aircraft successfully firing at a UFO.
Z8kLo TIL that Jesus is the most mention person in the Quaran, Mary is mentioned more times then she is in the New Testament