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TIL Miguel Indurain, 5-time Tour de France winner, had a resting heart rate of just 28 bpm

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Z8vLQ TIL that as a percentage of its core, Mercury is the most metal planet in the solar system.
QJQaX TIL about Dr. Leonard Baily, who in 1984 transplanted a baboon heart into a dying infant known as Baby Fae. Baby Fae lived for another three weeks after the procedure.
GAZgE TIL: of Jean Thurel. A Centenarian and soldier of the French army for 75 years, Born in the reign of Louis XIV and dying during that of Napoleon. He received many honours and was noted for his fitness. He refused promotions due to his humility, staying a low-raking fusilier for his entire career.
NoJE TIL Sean Connery turned down roles in “The Matrix” and “Lord of the Rings” because he didn’t understand the script. He would later accept “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" despite not understanding the project. He hasn’t acted since.
pArQ TIL Americans consume 80 % of all of the world’s opiates despite being 5% of the world’s population and in 2010 alone enough opiates were prescribed to medicate every American adult around the clock for a month according to the CDC.