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TIL Samaritans still exist, but there are only ~800 left comprising 4 extended families

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pXGG TIL inside NASA’s Juno probe, it has a plaque dedicated to Galileo with writing in his own hand, and 3 Lego mini figures (Galileo, the Roman god Jupiter, and his sister and wife, the goddess Juno) specially made by the Lego Company using aluminum.
neoNG TIL Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on "Sherlock," is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the character.
XZgD TIL Gandhi refused treatment of his dying wife with antibiotics that would have saved her on religious grounds and then took quinine 6 weeks later to stave off malaria
69bGJ TIL Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph listing three accomplishments. Being 3rd President wasn't one of them.
5Ybo9 TIL that tamales were once as popular across America as hamburgers and hotdogs. And the height of their popularity was known as The Tamale Wars, as vendors at times were so competitive that it caused murders, riots, and shoot outs.