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TIL A 15-year-old liver transplant patient is the first person in the world to take on the immune system and blood type of her donor.

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OKAR TIL Actor Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in at least one film for each of Disney’s owned studios. He played Nick Fury in the MCU (Marvel), he was a Jedi in the Star Wars prequels (Lucasfilms), Frozone in The Incredibles (Pixar), as well as the narrator for a Disney Nature Documentary “African Cats”.
p1kN TIL in 1977 singer Tom Waits was arrested outside a coffee shop for trying to stop men from bullying other patrons.These men were plainclothes officers,and Waits was charged with disturbing the peace.Waits disputed the charge,was found not guilty,and successfully sued the police dept. for $7,500
WkvVB TIL that it is rare to have hair growing from the mid section of your index finger.
j64ga TIL the first antitoxin for botulism was harvested from the blood of a single horse, named First Flight, for 15 years until 1993.
8ldK TIL a full suit of plate armour weighs less than a modern fire fighters oxygen gear