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TIL that Sarah Hyland, of Modern Family fame, was diagnosed with kidney dysplasia when she was young, received two kidney transplants from her father and her brother and has undergone 16 surgeries, even during the shooting of Modern Family

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N7y41 TIL In Medieval England, villagers mutilated the dead to stop them rising up. They were so afraid of the dead coming back, that they chopped, smashed and burned their bodies to make sure they stayed in their graves.
gMbmb TIL '90s tennis star Andre Aggasi's iconic long rock-star hair was a wig which required extensive preparation to remain on his head during play. Aggasi claimed he lost the 1990 French Open final because he was so preoccupied that it would fall off during the match.
ADQ9B TIL Jack was a baboon purchased by a railway signalman who lost his legs in an accident. The Baboon began to operate the railway, and was eventually given a job and salary. In 9 years of employment, he never made a mistake.
b67A0 TIL that one of the few positive health effects of smoking is a drastic reduction of a person's risk of thyroid cancer. According to a Korean study of the health records of over 10M people, smokers have a 36% lower risk of thyroid cancer. Smoking and heavy drinking reduces one's risk even more.
mx8PE TIL that America already had a transcontinental highway by 1913, The Lincoln Highway, that ran from Times Square to Lincoln Park in San Francisco