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TIL a bone marrow transplant recipient’s blood type eventually changes to match the blood type of the donor.

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0dAlL TIL that the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that landowners were not liable after a man who was driving a vehicle slid on black ice, crashed into their fortified mailbox, and became paralyzed.
0dQRR TIL the exact cause of Joseph Merrick's deformities (who was known as The Elephant Man) remains unclear. DNA tests on his hair & bones in 2003 were inconclusive because his skeleton had been bleached numerous times over the years before going on display at the Royal London Hospital.
pY9BO TIL that Bugs Bunny got his name by accident in 1940 when a model sheet was hand-labelled "Bugs' Bunny" to indicate it was for animator Ben "Buggsy" Hardaway to work on. The possessive apostrophe was dropped when staff thought that was the rabbit's actual name - and it stuck.
mKNx TIL of Namibia, one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, whose constitution preserves the health of its ecosystem. It has the largest Cheetah population in the world.
5VBmk TIL of Earl of Oxford. Who farted in front of Queen Elizabeth the First. He was so ashamed that he left the country for seven years.