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TIL sculptor Giorgio Gikas, while battling colon cancer built an 11 foot statue of Robocop that was an idea from a resident of Detroit that said “ Philadelphia has a statue of rocky & Robocop would kick Rockys butt”

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GGg4 TIL that after the frontman of Norwegian metal band committed suicide, his bandmate made necklaces out of pieces of his skull and gave them out to musicians he deemed worthy. He also took a picture of the scene, and it was later used as the cover of their next album.
b6joN TIL VitaminD3 will solve almost 90% of physical and mental issues! more than just a "bone vitamin"—it’s a hormonal powerhouse that threatened the pharmaceutical and medical industries by serving the cure for various ailments.
W7jlB TIL Louis-Napoléon, the grand-nephew of Napoleon I moved to England after his father’s exile. He trained at the British Royal Military Academy and hoping to see action was sent to South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War. Tragically, he was stabbed to death by Zulu warriors in 1879 at the age of 23.
R7WV6 TIL In 1867, a jar was found in a Paris pharmacy with the inscription "Remains found under the stake of Joan of Arc, virgin of Orleans." Carbon14 tests and various spectroscopic analyses were performed, and the results determined that the remains come from an Egyptian mummy from the 6th century BC.
aw0KL TIL that physical exercise during pregnancy has been found to have a positive impact on the cognitive development of the child, as measured using EEG a few days after birth.