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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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LR1Q TIL That a woman in Germany could detect details from a mile away that most people can only see at 20 ft. She used her superpower to become…. a dentist.
9YQD7 TIL that in the 2000 Paralympics, 10 out of 12 players in Spain's ID Basketball team were non-disabled, who pretended to have intellectual disabilities. The scandal was exposed after the Paralympics, when one of the players was revealed to be an investigative journalist.
GY6lE TIL Greg Louganis cracked his head in the 1988 Olympics springboard preliminaries. He got 4 stitches and went on to win the gold medal the next day.
PLbn TIL: The La Brea Tar Pits is a good example of a tautological place name - “The The Tar Tar Pits”. Others include; Torpenhow Hill, or Hillhillhill Hill…
BrwRL TIL former US president Grover Cleveland was nicknamed "Big Steve." This was because he was fat.