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TIL a genetic disease called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva causes human tissue to turn into bone. “Sufferers are slowly imprisoned by their own skeletons.”

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d81or TIL the Jacksons' 1978 hit, "Blame It on the Boogie" was written and originally recorded by English singer-songwriter Mick Jackson (real name: Michael Jackson).
lA51 TIL Nazi war criminals are still being tracked down in the US. The most recent Poland requested the extradition of 98-year-old Minnesota man Michael Karkoc, who is believed by authorities to have been a commander of a Nazi-led unit that was responsible for war crimes during World War II.
nO6b TIL that the 1978 arcade game “Space Invaders” was so popular upon its release that by mid-1981, Space Invaders machines had grossed more than four billion quarters.
Mr1B TIL that there is religion called “Googlism” and the Church of Google claims that Google is the closest humans have come to encountering god (as typically defined). There are 9 proofs that Google is god. And Google is a she.
OZ6e TIL in 1833 a meteor shower occurred that was so intense that “the frequency of meteors was estimated to be about half that of flakes of snow in an average snowstorm.”