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TIL, there is blood type called "RH null", which is called "golden blood". This blood is so rare that only 43 people worldwide have it. Its properties make it attractive in numerous medical applications and make it very valuable.

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xVy7B TIL The Censored Eleven are eleven Looney Tunes and Merrie Nelodies cartoons banned since 1968 because the use of ethnic stereotypes were deemed too offensive and no amount of editing could ever make them acceptable. Warner Bros. announced an uncensored release in 2010 but it was never released.
7rN6L TIL from 986 CE, Muslim Turks started raiding northwest India from Afghanistan, plundering western India. Forced conversions to Islam were made, and Buddhist images were smashed due to the Islamic dislike of idolatry. Hence, the Islamic term for an 'idol' became 'budd'.
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