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TIL that a man named James Harrison who is also known as the man with golden arm has donated blood more than 1000 times which has saved more than 2 million unborn babies from Rehsus disease.

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KORmQ TIL that blue/green algae kills dogs
oRJaL TIL hundreds of mummified seals have been found as far as 41 miles inland in Antarctica. One tested specimen had been sitting out in the open for 1,500 years. Researchers theorize that 1-2 seals annually get lost during white-out events and accidentally travel inland, where they eventually die.
d8Xr7 Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature? Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean…
rNKWo TIL: Cryovolcanos or "ice volcanos" exist that erupts water, ammonia, or methane below their freezing point to make cryomagma. They form on Icy moons and scientists believe Ceres, Titan, and Ganymede has them.
a88PA TIL about The Shootout on Ash Street - That Time Army Rangers Got in a Gunfight with the Crips Street Gang