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TIL The Red Cross sells the blood that people donate

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rRZ0M TIL Former French president Felix Faure died of a seizure in his office while having sex with his mistress. He was the first French president to die of natural causes while holding office.
7rlkX TIL That some muskrats live in beaver lodges over the winter. The beavers share food with them, and the muskrats pay their rent by bring back foliage to help keep the beaver lodge sturdy
8vPa TIL there is a book titled, The Mouse That Roared, about a small nation that declares war on the United States in hopes of a swift defeat to get money to rebuild its country.
xVVR7 TIL that as a part of his celibacy experiments, Mahatma Gandhi used to sleep nude with his young female companions which included his 17 year old grand-niece Mridula Gandhi
VBXV0 TIL the Guanches were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands. They resisted conquest by Spain for over 90 years before Tenerife was finally conquered in 1496