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TIL there is a jellyfish whose sting will leave you with and “Inpending sense of doom” and suicidal thought lasting up to two weeks

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5YO5B TIL James Harrison holds the record for 1000 blood plasma donations and has helped save more than 2 million babies, since his blood plasma, which contains an unusual antibody, was used to develop Anti-D injection that prevents the rhesus disease among new born babies.
YpdW TIL that, as Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin) was only 17 when filming Superbad, his mother was required to be on set during the filming of his sex scene.
QJRVe TIL Candice Bergen was in constant competition as a child with her father's ventriloquist doll to the opint where the doll had a bigger bedroom and in her father's will the doll got $10,000.... Candice Bergen got nothing
Ol7Y TIL 2% of women have a 4th color cone and can see about 90 million more colors than the rest of us.
kEBd TIL during WWII 18-year-old Princess - later Queen - Elizabeth joined the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service and worked as a mechanical engineer to help British forces.