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TIL mosquitoes are most attracted to type O blood

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RomQ TIL Since 2003, Elizabeth Laird “The Hug Lady” has hugged over 500,000 American soldiers who have arrived and departed from Fort Hood, Texas
Egy5w TIL about William Stuart-Houston, Hitler's half-nephew who fought in the US Navy against the Nazis, even earning a Purple Heart. He changed his name after the war.
oBkDE TIL a man who was paralyzed from a surfing accident neck injury was able to walk again from an experimental treatment. Stem cells from the man's own stomach fat were injected into his spinal cord to regenerate and repair the injury.
kGdW TIL of the Backfire Effect, in which wrongly held beliefs of people get stronger in the light of contradictory facts and evidence, not the other way around as typically expected.
yVAp TIL the opening shot in Bond films was actually filmed through the barrel of a gun