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TIL Horseshoe crab blood is a valuable medical resource used to test drugs, and medical devices for bacterial contamination.

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lGKB TIL that while André 3000 from OutKast was a vegan for fifteen years, he recently gave it up, saying “Socially it became horrible. I was kind of just sitting at home eating a salad.”
DQ99e TIL that Christopher Reeve's last movie role was a partially disabled character. The movie was released 6 days before he was paralyzed in a horse riding accident
e0Ook TIL about The Legend of Jon Dowd. Due to Barry Bones not allowing his likeness in MVP Baseball 2005 they created a player using his attributes and the name of an assistant producer. His ability in the game led him to be regarded as one of the best virtual athletes of all time.
xVXNw TIL American politician and former vice president Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) argued against the idea of a standing army, comparing it to a standing penis: "An excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure."
d9e9 TIL that envy is the desire to possess something someone else has, while jealousy is the fear of losing something you have to somebody else