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TIL that Joan of Arc was declared innocent 25 yrs after her execution

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78YGZ TIL "Goodbye My Lover," James Blunt's Top 10 UK single from 2005, was recorded in actress Carrie Fisher's bathroom. He later said, "Everyone sings in the shower and everyone in Los Angeles seems to have a piano in the bathroom."
grMe8 TIL that uterus transplantations are possible. For instance, in 2019 two births took place in Germany after a successful transplantation. The receiving women suffered from a syndrome called Müllerian agenesis and were born without a vaginal tract.
ANx7B TIL that two of the Apollo missions carried seismic experiments that fired rocket propelled grenades up to 1500 meters. Five of the grenades remain on the moon, unexploded.
v64B TIL that the richest man in the world at the time, John Jacob Astor IV, was present on the Titanic when it sank in 1912. When his body was recovered, it was found to contain gold, diamonds and $2500 cash (nearly $61,000 in today’s money)
9nLM TIL When dropped on a very hard, rigid surface, glass balls and steel balls will bounce higher than rubber ones.