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TIL Sean Bean Has Died in Over a Quarter of His On-Screen Appearances.

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OoeGL TIL of Lisa McPherson, a woman who died after undergoing an “Introspection Rundown” at the Church of Scientology’s headquarters in Florida. Her body was found to be dehydrated, underweight and covered in hundreds of insect bites, presumably from cockroaches
x6kX1 TIL in the 1800s, Mary Toft convinced doctors she gave birth to 17 rabbits by inserting their body parts into her uterus. The bizarre hoax was uncovered, and Toft charged with fraud. Her story, known as "Rabbit Woman of Godalming," has been the subject of literature and art.
br9Z TIL that anyone in the US, UK or Canada can get their entire genome sequenced for free
BrW0b TIL Walt Disney wasn’t cryogenically frozen. He was cremated and his ashes interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. The rumor that he wanted to be frozen was started in 1972 by the president of the California Cryogenics Society and has since been denied by Disney’s family.
y7R8 TIL Heracles was killed by his naïve wife Deianira with a shirt given to her by a centaur who tried to rape her.