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TIL the largest gallstone ever record was 13lbs 4oz

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ADXY4 TIL about the indigenous Brazilian tribe of the Pirahã, who lost interest in converting to Christianity when they found out the missionary Daniel Everett had never seen Jesus himself.
Mbrb TIL that in the original Mirage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics, the Turtles kill Shredder in the very first issue.
YMKB TIL that Magnetospirillium magneticum is a free-living bacteria which has the ability to actively take in iron, convert it to magnetic magnetite, align it like a backbone along its body, and travel through its environment using magnetic fields.
yVGvX TIL the Geneva Convention prevents the use of the graphic + cross symbol (and crescent) in almost all circumstances — except to indicate or to protect the medical units and establishments.
Men0W TIL that the phrase ‘Founding Fathers’ was coined in 1916, 140 years after the US’s founding, by President Warren Harding