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TIL Charles Drew, the inventor of the “blood bank” and pioneer of successful blood transfusions, died during a failed blood transfusion after a car accident

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jNXPa TIL that the US military has an actual space force. It is the first new military service in more than 70 years since the us air force, which was established in 1947. The space force was established on December 20, 2019.
9JKp TIL Serial killer Albert Fish would embed needles into his groin and abdomen. After his arrest, x-rays revealed that he had at least 29 needles lodged in his pelvic region. He also hit himself with a nail-studded paddle and inserted wool doused with lighter fluid into his anus and lit it.
e0wmE TIL a 1968 college football game between Harvard and Yale ended in a 29-29 tie, but the next day the Harvard Crimson ran the headline "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29," as Yale had been so heavily favored that the tie was viewed as a de facto victory. The actor Tommy Lee Jones played on the Harvard team.
VBwjB TIL The US Navy sunk an irradiated aircraft carrier around 50 miles off the coast from San Francisco and didn't say where. It was found in 2015.
perN TIL Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg look so alike that they came to the agreement they’d just go with it when the fans got them confused.