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TIL about a lady who has(had?) immortal cells. She passed away in 1951 and her cells are still alive today being used in cancer research

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QLL9 TIL that during one of his innumerable Presidential affairs, John F. Kennedy tore a groin muscle and had to wear a stiff shoulder-to-groin brace that prevented the reflexive ducking which might have saved him from the second, fatal, assassin’s bullet. (PDF: par 3 pg 5)
ZAVR TIL that Honey bees initially have up to 21 virgin queen bees, who fight to the death until there is only one.
E1g7V TIL that a 2012 survey of 1,000 Americans found that 45% of them wished they could skip Christmas due to financial pressures
KOw4a TIL Between 90 and 95 percent of meteors that approach Earth burn up in our atmosphere. The asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere in 2013 over Russia broke 15 miles above the ground and generated a shock wave equivalent to a 500-kiloton explosion
eP5J Til that a gorrilla’s erection is just over one inch long, and that humans are the most endowed of all primates.