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TIL - lab cells cultured from a dead woman weigh more than her (over millions of tons)

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4Jl6 TIL in 1887, it was made illegal in Canada to attempt to try to get a woman under 21 years old to have sex with you by promising you would marry her if she did. Punishments for this crime included imprisonment and whipping.
Lk1pQ TIL that the two of the US pilots who were able to take off during the attack on Pearl Harbor and down 7 enemy aircraft in the process were denied the Medal of Honor because their commanding officer said they had "taken off without orders".
0w6jA TIL in 1982, rocker Billy Idol was staying at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. After Idol destroyed his room, the police arrived, and a naked Idol surrendered. He later learned they were not there for him, but were investigating the recent overdose death of John Belushi, who died that same night.
XEROj TIL that Inuit in northern Greenland were using iron blades for centuries without knowledge of metallurgy. They made them by breaking pieces off of a huge iron meteorite and shaping them with heavy stones. They built their settlements close to the meteorite and used its iron for generations.
DQLe TIL that Samuel L. Jackson ODed on heroin a few times so switched to coke.