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TIL that a bone marrow transplant can change the DNA in your semen 100% to that of your donor.

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Vl1G TIL In the Gulf War, 9 M1 Abrams Tanks destroyed 28 T-Series Iraqi Tanks, 16 Iraqi personal carriers and 39 Iraqi trucks in under 23 minutes.
vYMr TIL in 1994, the pilot of an Aeroflot Airbus A310 allowed his son to sit at the controls during a flight. The boy inadvertently turned off the autopilot controls, sending the plane into hillside and killing all 75 aboard.
JYXoV TIL that the word restaurant (meaning "[something] restoring") was first used in France in the 16th century, to refer to a highly concentrated, inexpensive soup, sold by street vendors, that was advertised as an antidote to physical exhaustion.
kODBB TIL: for April fools Day 1957 the BBC programme panorama made a hoax video exploring the bountiful 'Spaghetti Harvest' that year
vPLDL TIL about Daniel Waldo, a American Revolutionary War veteran who was also the only man to have voted for both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. He lived from 1762 to 1864, and at the age of 94 became the oldest Chaplain for the House of Representatives.