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TIL The earliest known full-sized free-standing statue made in colonial Australia depicts the then Governor urinating

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M9L7 TIL a neuroscientist plans to perform the world’s first brain transplant using a cryogenically frozen brain and a donor body
Eg6Nd TIL William Thornton, a phycisian and a close friend of George Washington failed to arrive early enough to treat him in 1799. Instead he proposed a plan to reanimate his frozen corpse using blankets, a transfusion with sheep's blood and a tracheostomy to pump his lungs with air. It was rejected
AOO7 TIL Hobos are migrant worker, Tramps work when forced to, and Bums don’t work at all.
GYkD4 TIL that dozens of women sent Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber) provocative letters. He fell in love with a fourth-grade teacher, who he forged a "deep connection" with. Music he composed was played at her funeral, and he called her his "Lady Love".
9wMlG TIL that recent research does not show a causal, independent association between saturated fat intake and cardiovascular health.