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TIL a teen needing a heart transplant was rejected in part because of his history of juvenile detention. A media outcry resulted in his getting a new heart, and later he died fleeing after a carjacking/burglary/shooting spree.

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VM44p TIL that the RMS Titanic was designed to carry 68 lifeboats (enough for everyone on board), and although she only had around half as many needed on her maiden voyage, it would have only costed $16k to add the remaining needed; a small fraction of the $7.5m it took to construct the ship.
RY99 TIL of Cocaine Bear, AKA Pablo Eskobear. The bear died in a National Forest in Kentucky in ‘85 after ingesting a portion of 75lbs of coke ($15mil value) that had been dropped by a drug-smuggling, corrupt, fugitive lawyer who had been parachuting with it before falling to his death.
8a8e8 TIL that after the murder of civil rights activist Medgar Evers in 1963, his alleged murderer was tried by an all-white jury who deadlocked twice and failed to convict. In 1994, Evers was discovered to be so well embalmed that forensic autopsy was still possible, leading to his murderers conviction.
7rPv7 TIL that Abraham Lincoln admired John Wilkes Booth's acting, and had invited him to the White House many times in the years before his assassination.
vP41x TIL Nanotechnology, a convergence of science and engineering at the nanoscale, is reshaping the landscape of medicine. This theme unveils the use of tiny particles for drug delivery, diagnostics, and even targeted therapies at the molecular level