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TIL A boy whose whole body looked like an open wound because of a genetic condition which led his skin to be paperthin, had a skin sample taken, its DNA repaired, & the modified skin cells grown to make skin grafts totalling 0.85 sq m. He now leads a normal life.

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1aYMO TIL two nuclear bombs were ejected over farms in North Carolina. Neither detonated. The military's investigation found that six of the seven steps required to detonate the bombs had been completed. There was only one trigger which had stopped the blast.
o8o TIL that there’s a village in China where people have blonde hair and fair eyes, and it is believed that a lost Roman Legion might have settled in the village
DQ1Aj TIL about Cliff Young, a 61-year-old farmer who won the 543 mile (875 k) endurance race from Sydney to Melbourne. Wearing work clothes, he ran without sleeping for five days. Surprised to learn there was a cash reward he shared it with the other competitors. Young credited his win to herding sheep.
7rdZ7 TIL Honduras in 2000 tried to ban parents from giving children names like Motor or Bujia (Spark Plug).
yVZKa TIL Sally Field's son Peter Craig is a screenwriter with credits on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2, Bad Boys for Life, The Batman and Top Gun: Maverick. Her other son Eli Craig directed the cult hit Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil.