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TIL that James Harrison has saved the lives of more than 2.4 million babies, because his blood can prevent Rhesus disease and he’s been regularly donating for 59 years!

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l78B5 TIL that Nat Fein wasn’t supposed to work the day he took the first sports photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize
4byg TIL a 43-year-old man who had his penis torn off in a horrible accident at the age of 6 has received a “bionic”, 8-inch, fully functional penis crafted and installed in a pioneering surgical procedure
5YKd8 TIL Nokia was founded in 1865.
JMym TIL the Great Mosque of Paris sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and supplied them with Muslim identity certificates
NJWN TIL: One of the founding fathers, Benjamin Rush, believed that blacks were actually white underneath, but they were stricken with a non-contagious disease which darkened their skin colour. However, he believed with proper treatment, blacks could be cured and become white.