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TIL a locket containing a picture of Mother Teresa allegedly healed an Indian woman's abdominal tumor. The Vatican deemed it a miracle worthy of canonization, while doctors argued that the cancer was cured by conventional medicine.

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OMoe TIL the guy who voiced Mr. Owl on the Tootsie Pop commercials, also invented the artificial heart.
LQOGm TIL that the original version of ‘Oh My Darling Clementine’ written in 1884 had some seriously dark lyrics. The third to last verse reads, “In a churchyard near the canon where the myrtle doth entwine Grow the roses in their posies fertilized by Clementine.” Fourth to last is also quite dark.
kr61 TIL The city of Lusail, the host city of the 2022 World Cup Final, doesn’t exist yet.
epAoE TIL Dutch sailors were responsible for the extinction of the dodo, They hunted the dodo for food and sport, introduced invasive predators like rats and cats that ate the dodo eggs and chicks, and destroyed the dodo’s habitat by deforestation and farming.
b96ba TIL they used to release massive balloons from Macys Parade into the air. If found, you could redeem one for a $100 reward. But they stopped because in "1932 an errant balloon wrapped itself around a passing airplane's wing, sending it into a tailspin."