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TIL An Icelandic man named Felix Gretarsson, lost both his arms in a work accident. He received a double arms and shoulders transplant, which was the first of it's kind in the world.

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9YDRQ TIL of Gary Hall Sr, a former Olympic medalist swimmer who became an opthalmologist. He made so many medical errors and was reprimanded so many times that he was banned from surgeries. His medical license was revoked after it was discovered that he performed a surgery following the ban anyway.
p8RmA TIL that "Steady" Ed Headrick, the inventor of the Frisbee had his ashes incorporated into discs after his death so that he could fly. Ed loved the Disc Golf and Frisbee community and he wished for the community to have his discs and for them to have fun and play with them after he passed on.
9vZM TIL: An orangutan named Sibu at a zoo in Apeldoorn, Netherlands rejected all attempts made for him to mate with female orangutans. He only exhibited sexual interest in his human female caretakers with a particular penchant for the blonde ones with tattoos.
grlJA Today I learned The Lost Generation is the demographic cohort that reached early adulthood during World War I and preceded the Greatest Generation. The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1883 to 1900, coming of age in either the 1900s or the 1910s.
BrGYD TIL that the Singular Word for "Spaghetti" is Spaghetto. Not to be confused with the Campbell's brand SpaghettiO