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TIL in 2008, a 15-year-old liver transplant patient became the first person in the world to take on the immune system and blood type of her donor.

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JLMv TIL an astronaut’s diet is managed to minimize flatulence.
OoDja TIL Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election without being on the ballot in 10 Southern states.
5aN9 TIL that the Camden Bench was specifically designed to deter sleeping, littering, skateboarding, drug dealing, graffiti and theft. It is considered emblematic of hostile architecture.
Eg6Kx TIL Fred Noonan joined Amelia Earhart as her navigator on their ill-fated flight, and was lost with her. Because of Earhart's prior records for solo flights, many people believe that she was alone when they disappeared.
QVoL TIL there is a mysterious expanding black goo called La Mancha Negra (the black stain) that covers parts of roads in Caracas, Venezuela. Millions of dollars have been spent researching it, yet the cause is still unknown. 1,800 people have died in auto accidents due to the goo.