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TIL: 23 year old was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. A year later he developed a cancer of the blood. A bone-marrow transplant treated a patient’s leukemia — and his delusions, too.

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VNjk TIL that glass that has been treated with a LASER to create micro-cracks and coated with polyurethane, inspired by nacre (mother of pearl), becomes 200 times stronger
1YP8 TIL a mexican diplomat named Gilberto Bosques Saldivar rescued 40,000 people, mainly Spaniards and Jews, who wanted to flee Nazi occupied France during WW2. His heroism remained unknown to the world at large for some sixty years.
Nb TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed to be in the Expendables while at the hairdresser… and he did it for free.
G9eQ TIL The transliteration of the name “Jesus” from Hebrew to English is “Joshua”. “Jesus” is the English derivative of Jesus’ Greek name. Mary would have called her son “Joshua”.
dWvB TIL in 1976, Steve Jobs offered Atari founder Nolan Bushnell a 30% stake in Apple if Bushnell would put $50,000 towards the company. He said no. “It’s kind of fun to think about that, when I’m not crying.”