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TIL on 1978, in Pennsylvania, Robert McFall, suffering from terminal aplasitc anemia, sued first cousin David Shimp to force him to give him bone marrow but court ruled against him. He died of massive hemorrhage half a month after

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ALEa TIL The Manhatten Project raised background radiation levels so much, that for a long time geiger counters were built out of pre-1940s steel, mainly salvaged from sunken battleships
yQZ6J TIL Dragonflies are the most successful hunter on Earth, catching 95% of their prey.
JYRPj TIL of Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?, a 1989 Apple II game commissioned by the North Dakotan government. Only 3 retail copies are known to exist.
OGLy6 TIL the Indian muntjack species went through several chromosome fusions, which caused it to become the vertebrate with the smallest number of chromosomes: 6 in the females and 7 in the males.
nPxG TIL that the 1968 film “Planet of the Apes” was originally planned to be an episode of the television series “The Twilight Zone” written by Rod Serling.