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TIL Humans can have 2 sets of DNA, from absorbing a twin or bone marrow transplants.

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L9Lr TIL Ben & Jerry’s was originally going to be a bagel company, but Ben and Jerry found the bagel-making equipment to be too pricey. Their plan was to deliver bagels, lox, cream cheese, and the New York Times on Sunday mornings.
Wk6K9 TIL the famous 'Pony Express' that was vital in sending mail from east to west during the wild 1800's was actually a failed venture that bled money and lasted only a mere 19 months.
x6lXk TIL Johnny Carson was asked by Mel Brooks to play the gunslinger character in the movie Blazing Saddles which eventually went to Gene Wilder. Of that screenplay, Carson, while on a Mexican vacation, told Brooks "I read it in L.A. and it wasn’t funny, and it’s even less funny in Mexico."
Eg4EP TIL of Annie Robinson, a stewardess who survived the sinking of The Titanic, but suffered from such strong PTSD, that she threw herself overboard to her death less than three years later on the SS Devonian, after she had a reaction to the sound of the ship's whistle.
YlBv TIL that a Oleg Losev, a Russian inventor sans degree, discovered the LED, as well as negative resistance oscillators, amplifiers and superheterodyne receivers…all 25 years before the transistor. His only job title was technician.