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TIL if you receive a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type, a very strong feeling that something bad is about to happen will occur within a few minutes.

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R78R8 TIL about the story Margaret Ann Bulkley, who dressed as a man for 56 years to become her alter-ego, Dr James Miranda Barry, 50 years before women were allowed to enroll into medical schools. Her secret was exposed when she died, after 46 years working as an army medical officer
xJBw TIL of a serial killer, the Doodler, who targeted gay men in 1970’s San Francisco. He would sketch his victims nude before murdering them. Though 3 victims survived, and a suspect was identified, none were willing to “out” themselves in open court in order to convict the suspect.
WeRA TIL “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” was the first film with a female lead character to top the annual box office since 1973’s “The Exorcist.”
jN58E TIL it is possible to build his own life-sized lego house
p8X5b TIL the largest murder case conducted in human history was first-chaired by a rookie who'd never been in court before - and he won. His name is Benjamin Ferencz and he is still going strong at 101 years old.