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1969

TIL in 2004, doctors treating a virginal Japanese woman discovered an ovarian tumor that had grown into the form of a doll and had a brain, eye, spinal nerve, ear, teeth, thyroid gland, bone, bone marrow, gut, trachea, and blood vessels.

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oojE TIL a 25 year old contestant on the French version of Survivor died during the first competition on the first day. A week later, the staff doctor of the show killed himself. His suicide note claimed the media was making unjust accusations and assumptions about him.
oBy9E TIL that in 1965 University of Florida football coach Ray Graves asked some scientists at the school to develop a drink to help hydrate his players. They created the drink, and two years later the Florida Gators won their first Sugar Bowl. It helped the Gators and was called Gatoraid because of it.
R7ZDl TIL the Stray Cat Brings Her little Baby To The hospital because he is so sick That gives us an example of how smart cats are.
JAJV TIL The Statue of Liberty was planned to be built in Egypt to celebrate the completion of the Suez Canal
d8rmr TIL the famous Napoleon Dynamite dance scene was spontaneously improvised at the last moment when the producers had no money left and only 10.5 minutes of film roll remaining.