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TIL that PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are in our blood and recent evidence shows blood or plasma donations can reduce them.

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Zp7jv TIL that during WWII, the Maharaja of Nawanagar rehabilitated approximately 600 Poles, the most of whom were orphaned children and women. The majority of the countries refused entry to the ship carrying them, including the then-British Governor of Bombay.
71mL TIL that Every one of the 100 highest peaks in the world is in the Himalayas.
JYX08 TIL: Chickens' heads are gyroscopic. Move their bodies but their heads stay steady.
0vkR TIL The electrician who first discovered Kurt Cobain’s body called a local radio station to break the news, before calling police
1mgd TIL in the USA you get a medal if you donate the organs/body of a deceased loved one