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TIL that it is possible for a human to become a Chimera by fusing with his/her fraternal twin in the womb. If it occurs early enough, each twin will claim body parts as his/her own, allowing a single person to be made up of two genetically different individuals.

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4Xn5R TIL about the Lady in white aka Perla Siedle Gibson from South Africa who would stand at the port and sing for the servicemen as their ships sailed in and out of Durban during WW2 and beyond. She was a true inspiration and motivation for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and became famous for it.
yb9l TIL An old woman came up to Stephen King in a supermarket and said “You are the horror writer. I don’t read anything that you do. I just like things more genuine, like that Shawshank Redemption.”
8oOL TIL that Len, the band that recorded “Steal My Sunshine,” had a $100,000 budget for the music video and spent so much of it on alcohol that they broke the hotel service elevator trying to lift it all.
9OxM TIL In January scientists reported a simple way to turn almost any kind of cell into stem cells. These findings were invalidated in peer review. The lead researcher, Haruko Obokata, was found guilty of misconduct, the papers were retracted, and her supervisor and co-author hanged himself.
nedPb TIL Bruce Lee could deliver a blow in 5/10 of a second from a distance of one meter (and 8/10 of a second from a meter and a half). It's 1/20 of the time it takes for a person to blink. At the time the standard cameras couldn't cope with the speed of Bruce's blows. His strikes were not visible.