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TIL that in Ireland in 1985, people across the country claimed to have seen statues of the Virgin Mary and imagery of other holy figures spontaneously moving. The Catholic Church was skeptical and wrote it off as illusions.

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v1wQR TIL a positive THC screen is associated with significantly decreased mortality in adult patients sustaining TBI (traumatic brain injury).
N74WJ TIL in 1842, the British had an army of 16,000 men retreating from Kabul, Afghanistan. Only one man survived after losing some of his skull, protected by a magazine stored in his hat. He arrived in Jalalabad and when asked where the army was, he stated "I am the army".
bpQ0 TIL Studies have shown that smoking can actually shorten your penis by as much as a centimeter.
KYQv6 TIL that Indiana cardiologist Edward Harlamert broke the Guinness World Record for stents (34) by implanting at least 41 into his patient's coronary arteries, for a total of 48 stents in the man's chest. (Harlamert is now named in a malpractice complaint for stents by said patient and others.)
p8vdA TIL that some women are allergic to semen and that treatment for this allergy involves getting regular semen injections under the skin in your arm