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TIL that on the day Deepwater Horizon exploded, BP officials had gathered on the platform to celebrate 7 years without an injury or accident

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LQjaP TIL Elizabeth Greenhill (1615-1679) and her husband William Greenhill had 39 children together (32 daughters & 7 sons). All were single births save one set of twins, which is unusual as the most common cause of such a large number of children, hyperovulation, typically manifests as multiple births.
l7LAG TIL about Nodding Syndrome that forces children to nod their heads convulsively, the spasms are so severe that it prevents them from eating or sleeping. It started in 1962 in Sub-Saharan Africa and has spread in waves, there is no cure and the cause is unknown.
NkeQ TIL a boy born without a brain lived over 12 years before passing away.
0weJ1 TIL that after Disney acquired Miramax in 1993, the first film given the green-light was Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction
QJO6d TIL Elvis Presley Never Wrote Any of His Own Songs despite being one of the most recognizable musicians of all time.