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TIL when you receive a bone marrow transplant, your blood’s DNA matches the donor’s for the rest of your life.

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W1J8 TIL that the only person to win the grand prize on the game show “Moment of Truth” answered the final question by admitting that she believed her polygamist father had had sex with a minor.
wlYE TIL in the 1960s the FDA mysteriously banned the use of the miracle berry, a fruit which makes sour foods taste sweet and was being developed as a safe alternative to sugar.
pYN44 TIL The second longest-lived British head of state after Elizabeth II is Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) whose "reign" lasted 9 months but lived to be 85
MeZEa TIL that in October 1940 the Soviet Union was offered an entry into the Axis powers; but agreements upon spheres of influences weren't reached.
5VB6P TIL In 2020, The North American Scrabble Players Association banned racial slurs and other offensive words from official play, a decision which was controversial among top players.