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TIL Brad Pitt, while playing Achilles in Troy, injured his Achilles Tendon, delaying production for several weeks

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yED8 TIL that radiation-blocking proteins taken from “water bear” DNA have been incorporated into human cells which boosted the protection of human DNA against damage from x-rays by 40%.
Ej57 TIL that 2 people in Greenland died of botulism after eating poorly prepared Kiviak, a delicacy in which a seal is stuffed full of birds then left to ferment. The family of the first victim - not knowing that the meal caused his death - served it at his funeral, leading to the death of his daughter.
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