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TIL Nightcrawler from X-Men was originally supposed to be the offspring of Mystique and another female mutant named Destiny. Mystique would have taken the form of a man and impregnated Destiny.

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VMjGG TIL an Australian man suffered a sudden and severe form of meningitis at age 29, resulting in a 420-day coma, brain damage, paralysis and later death. The meningitis was caused by a parasite that entered his body 8 years prior after he ate a slug for a dare.
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