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TIL that bone marrow transplant recipients often inherit the donor’s immunities and allergies.

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OGmOX TIL that the smartest breed, the Border Collie, can learn a new command in under 5 repetitions and can follow it at least 95% of the time
8eEYV TIL lack of sleep causes frequent urination due to increased sodium in the urine, particularly in men, per the National Library of Medicine article.
AKa7 TIL When Ernest Hemingway’s bullfighting masterpiece was contractually stuck with an undesired publisher he quickly wrote them another book, ridiculing their bestselling author. They had to reject it which triggered his escape from the contract.
7rJlX TIL: China is running multiple AI experiments which include grading students as focused or distracted based on their facial recognition data without students' consent.
JYmEQ TIL Paul Van Doren, one of the founders of shoe company Vans, dropped out of school at the age of 14, when he was in the eighth grade. Interested in horses, he went to the race tracks every day. His mother then insisted that he get a job in a shoe factory.