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TIL that most "spider bites" may actually be misdiagnosed MRSA infections

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YpJEW TIL The Aztecs routinely sacrificed children to their God of Rain, Tlaloc. They believed their tears would bring rain, so they sometimes tortured them to make them cry more, even taking out their nails. Parents saw it as an honour for their children to be sacrificed.
mx4Yy TIL that when actor Liam Neesons wife, Natasha Richardson, died in 2009 he donated her organs. Her heart, kidneys, and liver are keeping three people alive.
YAWW TIL NASA has developed a technology called FINDER used to detect breathing or heartbeats through up to 30 feet of rubble, or 20 feet of solid concrete, and was used to save lives during the 2015 Napal earthquakes.
XOaD TIL Warner Bros studios didn’t like the idea of Jack Nicholson’s character dying in Mars Attacks, so Tim Burton gave Nicholson two different characters and killed both of them.
ojKY TIL that although Porsche is owned by Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Group is owned by Porsche Holdings.