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TIL red blood cells don’t have mitochondria or a nucleus

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yQD0V TIL that a brilliant young British physicist, Henry Moseley, was killed in World War I only at an age of 27. Because of that, during the WW II it was British government policy to give "bright, young scientists" safer job to keep them alive.
GYXm1 TIL on Halloween 1992, BBC1 broadcast "Ghostwatch," a mockumentary horror film. Appearing to be a real news show, it caused public panic and outrage. It reportedly caused 3 premature labors, and BBC received 30,000 complaints. Despite having a cult following, it has never since been shown on UK TV.
R5Mg8 TIL actor Brian Dennehy, who played Sheriff Will Teasle in “Rambo: First Blood”, lied about serving in Vietnam, and being wounded in combat more than once. Though he was a Marine for four years, he was never in combat during the Vietnam War, a fallacy he admitted in 1998.
69QxX TIL About Operation Milagro where Cuba and Venezuela are providing vision-restoring surgeries for free in 35 countries
j6rBX TIL Poland syndrome is the name of a breast deformation, and not the practice of attacking countries while claiming to "shoot back"