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Q6KM TIL that Valery Spiridonov, a 31 year old man who suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman’s - a muscle-wasting disease which has left him in a wheelchair, has volunteered to partake in the world’s first head transplant which will take place as early as December of 2017.
neEmb TIL that Victor Marchetti's 1974 work "The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence" was the first book subject to pre-publication censorship by the US government. The book was published with gaps showing where text had been excised and bold text where CIA censorship demands had been overturned by a court.
WkWDd TIL Anastasia, daughter of the last Tsar of Russia, supposedly escaped execution during the Russian Revolution. The story inspired books and imposters. Scientific analysis (incl. DNA analysis) now confirms she died in 1918. Remains included the imperial family and all four grand duchesses.
QGRk Today I Learned Mick Jagger is a great grandfather, and also has a 15 year old son
W7wXB TIL There were three found unused pitch concept levels for a DLC based on the famous "Steamboat willie" cartoon from 1928 in an early "deploy build" for the 2008 Video game LittleBigPlanet.