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TIL Snow White’s stepmother had to dance in hot iron shoes until she died.

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5YO5B TIL James Harrison holds the record for 1000 blood plasma donations and has helped save more than 2 million babies, since his blood plasma, which contains an unusual antibody, was used to develop Anti-D injection that prevents the rhesus disease among new born babies.
VMVp8 TIL it is illegal in many US states for teenagers to drive with multiple friends
AN7nl TIL of the Boy Scout Nuclear Science Merit Badge. The requirements to receive the badge include building a Geiger counter, planting irradiated and nonirradiated seeds, and visiting an accelerator (research lab) or university where people study the properties of the nucleus or nucleons.
0w5BR TIL Out of all the species that ever lived throughout all of Earth’s history, only a fraction of a percent have fossilized. Even fewer are discovered by humans. Most of life’s history will be forever unknown
RML6 TIL that the founder of Mitsubishi was an actual Samurai.