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TIL that a person in a coma for many years can still grow if they are young, as their body continues to produce growth hormones.

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1BVd TIL that the guy who wrote lines like “What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!” and “tonight… Hell FREEZES over” among so many other excellent puns for the classic film Batman and Robin is actually an Oscar winning screenplay writer.
WNY TIL Brittany Murphy and her husband died in the same house of the same thing five months apart and her mother is suing the builder of the house.
WkL8L TIL in 1071, the Byzantine Emperor was captured in battle by the Great Seljuk Empire. The Emperor was brought to the Sultan, Alp Arslan, and told him that had he won, he likely would have had him executed. Alp Arslan replied "My punishment is far heavier. I forgive you, and set you free."
Pnae TIL a prisoner impregnated 4 guards and made $15k+ monthly while incarcerated
v1mEr TIL that the "Johns" in Johns Hopkins was originally a last name, not a first name: "Johns Hopkins' peculiar first name was simply a family affair; it had been his great-grandmother's maiden name."