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TIL about James Harrison - a blood donor in Australia whose plasma contains antibodies for Rhesus disease. His donations over 60 years have saved over 2 million babies.

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N77dN TIL that traditional Japanese calendars have 24 15-day seasons split into 72 five-day microseasons. Right now is “Farmers drain fields,” followed by “Wild geese return” and “Chrysanthemums bloom.”
9YEw7 TIL of 'Heaven's Gate' (religious group), who had participated in a mass suicide of 39 of its members (a coordinated series of ritual suicides) in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial spacecraft following Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997.
QNlAX TIL Einstein cheated on his first wife and believed "most men are not monogamously endowed"
R5wea TIL that Dory from "Finding Nemo" is widely praised for its accurate portrayal of an amnesic syndrome Her depiction of short-term memory loss, difficulty with new information, and frequent forgetfulness is a realistic representation of the struggles faced by individuals with this condition
EgV5V TIL Poon Lim survived 133 days afloat in the Pacific Ocean aboard an 8' square wooden raft. When rescued and told that no one had ever survived longer on a raft at sea, he simply answered, "I hope no one will ever have to break that record."