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TIL James Harrison holds the record for 1000 blood plasma donations and has helped save more than 2 million babies, since his blood plasma, which contains an unusual antibody, was used to develop Anti-D injection that prevents the rhesus disease among new born babies.

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yQRdv TIL a 2007 study found that lap dancers who were ovulating made double in tips compared to when they were menstruating during a 5 hour shift. This was the first direct evidence of human males being economically influenced by females being “in heat”.
jN6dp "If an asteroid hits the moon, it will just get another crater," says Gareth Wynn-Williams, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii. It would take a moon-size object to move the moon, says Clark Chapman, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, and most likely the moon wouldn't survive. Hitting it with a much larger, denser object would be like whacking an egg with a golf club.
oBbw8 TIL I learned about the War of Jenkins Ear. Robert Jenkins, a British sailor, allegedly had his ear cut off by the Spanish Coast guard. During a House of Commons 7 years later Jenkins purportedly presented his severed ear and ignited a 9 year long war that engulfed the Caribbean costing 24,500 lives
16ZvX TIL, Step I of Drug Therapy for Hypertension is also selected on the Basis of Race of the Patient. Non-Black Patients Respond Better to ACE Inhibitors/ARBs. While for Older Non-Blacks and Blacks of all ages, a CCB or a Thiazide Diuretic is Preferred for Initiating Therapy.
Z8Rep TIL Roald Dahl wrote a Bond film.