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TIL That there is such thing as a ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI/UVBI)

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Z8JOa TIL that Lucy Maud Montgomery stored her now-famous book Anne of Green Gables in a hat box after it was rejected by every publisher she sent it to. Years later she tried again, and the book has now sold 50 million copies.
dDv67 TIL of New Ireland - a large island in Papua New Guinea with a population of 120,000 people. It is named after the island of Ireland.
Zp9WY TIL there is £80m worth of unclaimed premium bonds in the UK
XKjk TIL Peter Tripp, a radio DJ, stayed awake on air for 200 hours. The resulting sleep deprivation drove him crazy.
p8KOZ TIL Manatees are no longer endangered, but all the legal protections that have been in place for decades still apply because Floridians love seeing manatees and want more.