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TIL Jim Becker, a Packers fan hall-of-famer, routinely sold his blood to buy season tickets, which inadvertently saved his life when he was found to have Hemochromatosis, a genetic disorder that leads to toxic iron deposition in the body, and an early death. The only treatment is bloodletting.

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ZXyp TIL that the color of our Sun is white, its our atmosphere that makes it look yellow.
5VPR TIL that physicist Robert Lang is one of the world’s leading experts in the art and mathematics of origami. As such, his origami designs have helped in the innovations of airbag safety, heart surgery, and telescopes.
0wQvM TIL that the superstitious tradition of knocking on wood for good luck is believed to have been conceived by ancient Indo-European people who believed that spirits (both good and bad) lived within the trees. By knocking on a tree one was asking for a blessing from the spirit which lived within.
E1V1P TIL that there’s a research station on Antarctica that can me moved as the ice shelf it’s on gets closer to the sea and it looks like something you’d see in a sci-fi movie.
PyAn TIL Mitch Hedberg wrote, directed and starred in the 1999 film “Los Enchiladas!”, also starring Dave Attell and Marc Maron. It premiered at Sundance, but was never released publicly. Here it is!