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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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d81ar TIL the largest print photograph ever was created by using an airplane hangar as a pinhole camera. The finished print was more than 3,500 sq. feet
vJXx TIL approximately one in every 2 Million lobsters has a genetic defect due to an increased protein they produce that causes them to be blue.
yQblX TIL NBA Player Jusuf Nurkic was discovered when a sports agent read a newspaper article about his 7ft/400lb father. The article stated that "Bosnian policeman, Hariz Nurkic has beaten 14 people in a fight." The sports agent found the father asked him if he had a son. Jusuf was only 14yrs old.
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