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TIL The calcium in out bones and the iron in our blood come from ancient explosions of giant stars.

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yQ96M TIL that there is an asteroid named after the fictional spy, James Bond (9007 James Bond)
PXNL TIL Comedy Central only agreed to air the word “shit” uncensored in the South Park episode “It Hits the Fan” (the first South Park to do so) if the word was used an absurdly high number of times. The episode had 200 total shits, 162 spoken, 38 written.
QAaX TIL of Ryan White, a virgin AIDS victim that was shunned in his hometown out of fright and ignorance. He was banned from school, bullied, and threatened just for his disease. He went on to become a role model for the AIDS disease and spread awareness. He died at just 18 years old from AIDS.
jW1a TIL Killer Whales are able to learn to speak Dolphin. When killer whales were socialized with bottlenose dolphins at a water facility, they changed the types of sounds they made to resemble those of their social partners
0wb5N TIL there are 22 Belgian exclaves in the Netherlands which then contain 7 exclaves of the Netherlands within them.