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TIL about hairdresser of Neil Armstrong sold his hair for $3,000 without his consent. Unless the barber returned the hair or donated the proceeds to charity, Armstrong threatened to sue. The barber was unable to get the hair back, so he donated the $3,000 to a charity of Armstrong's choice.

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7lP7 TIL that Hugh Hefner donated the “Y” in the HOLLYWOOD sign and Alice Cooper donated the third “O”
R70Y8 TIL of our "2nd brain" hidden in the walls of the digestive system. “The enteric nervous system doesn’t seem capable of thought as we know it, but it communicates back and forth with our big brain—with profound results.” according to Jay Pasricha, M.D., of Johns Hopkins.
Ngr1 TIL that while in the Army Clint Eastwood was in a plane that ran out of fuel and crashed into the Pacific, where afterwards he and the pilot swam 3 miles (5 km) to the California coast.
MEoW TIL severing the limb of a Bloodwood tree triggers the same type of response you’d see if you severed a human limb. The damage causes the release of a deep crimson sap that looks alarmingly like human blood; its sole purpose is to coagulate and seal wounds, but has many other medical uses as well.
woebW TIL that, after his dog Jacksie was killed by a car, four-year-old C. S. Lewis adopted the same name as a tribute and wouldn't answer to any other. He later accepted Jack, which became the name by which he was known to friends and family for the rest of his life.