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TIL Stan Lee's blood was allegedly stolen and used to sign comics in ink containing his DNA.

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MemlV TIL that Pitcairn Island, one of the most remote islands in the world, is populated by 50 people, and you can visit!
PANZ TIL the less you sleep, the more your genes contribute to how much you weigh. The more you sleep, the less your genes determine your weight, and the more control you can have over your weight.
Brg7r TIL that at the funeral of General Lamarque, which plays a central role in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables and was the catalyst of the unsuccessful 1832 June Rebellion, the Marquis de Lafayette was actually a pallbearer and even tried to talk the crowd down before it got out of hand.
mxJOE TIL John Gotti's 13 year old son was struck by a car and killed when he darted out into a street on a mini motorbike. The driver of the vehicle, a neighbor whose son had previously slept over at the Gotti house, disappeared 5 months later. He was allegedly shot in the head and dissolved in acid
Z8GaQ TIL that the beautiful symmetry of a total solar eclipse happens because —by pure chance— the sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but is also 400 times farther from Earth, making the two bodies appear the exact same size in the sky.