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TIL that if you have excess skin after dramatic weight loss, you can actually donate the skin, which is removed via surgery, to burn victims

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dDKAr TIL 'Heart of Glass' was one of the first songs Blondie wrote in '74. They initially sang it as a ballad, then reworked it as a Reggae tune but it never really clicked. Finally, years later, they gave it a disco sound, recorded it on a lark, and it became a massive hit.
W7QNA TIL that there were 26 families of passengers on the Mayflower that are known to have left descendants; it is estimated that over 30 million people can trace their ancestry back to those 26 families on the Mayflower.
lo6YA TIL Back in 2011, the travelling Picadilly Circus was scheduled to perform in Joplin, Missouri, until an EF-5 Tornado destroyed most of the city, rendering them unable to perform. As a result, the circus employees used their two adult elephants to help drag debris off the roads for first responders.
7XbZ TIL that Yukon Cornelius, the prospector from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, wasn’t searching for “silver and gold” but a peppermint mine.
vPlyj TIL about the Louvre doll, an ancient hex doll found in Roman Egypt and dated to the 3rd-4th century CE. It was pierced with multiple pins and was found with a love spell.