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TIL of Mercy Ships, cruise ships converted to hospitals that float the African coast treating patients at no cost.

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a89r9 TIL that Marie-Antoinette never said “let them eat cake”
gGkb TIL the cause of blurry vision in the first hour after waking in the morning is small pieces of rheum (eye sleep) unsticking from your eyeball and floating down to be washed away by your tear duct.
7rXQ7 TIL about the Galloway Hoard, the most significant Viking Age treasure hoard ever discovered, which was found in Scotland by a metal detectorist in 2014
jNgRQ TIL that a "dead" Egyptian snail was put on display in a British museum. Four years later, the "dead" snail awoke.
KY6OQ TIL LCPL Thomas E. Creek, A US Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action during the Vietnam war on February 13, 1969. While fighting, He was shot in the neck, Fell into a gully where others were taking cover, and rolled onto a grenade saving the lives of 5 of his fellow Marines.