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TIL that when JFK was shot in the head, doctors gave him a blood transfusion in an attempt to save him

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xV0ED TIL The "World's Largest Dinosaur" in Drumheller, Alberta at 26.3 m tall is considerably larger than the largest known specimens of the actual dinosaur which reached up to 12.8 m in length. It has 106 stairs and the viewing area in the mouth can hold between 8 and 12 people at a time
9rNr TIL Mexico is the biggest exporter of beer in the world.
N75PE TIL: The average person can see around 1 million colors but tetrachromats, people with a fourth cone, can perceive around 100 million
jjop TIL US Marine Jack Lucas survived and earned the Medal of Honor by pulling two live grenades under his body during Iwo Jima. Later, he joined the airborne and survived a training jump when both parachutes failed to deploy.
oR4jW TIL the most widely read Nigerian novelists writing in English, including Helon Habila, Teju Cole, Adichie, reside outside of Nigeria. Starting from Chinua Achebe, novels written by African authors were almost always published in the West first