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TIL if your cornea gets heavily damaged, you can get a new one made of titanium

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p5wQ TIL when James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, first ran off with current wife, Rachel Weisz, he had a fiance that ran up a million dollars on his credit as revenge when she found out.
8eebZ TIL about the Sumela Monastery. Built nearly 4,000 feet up the side of a cliff, it was founded in the 300s. Destroyed and rebuilt several times, mostly during the Byzantine Era, it was emptied and abandoned in the 1920s. Taken over by the Turkish government it has been restored for tourism.
9wMM7 TIL that the famed mystery author Agatha Christie was an avid surfer, and first learned the sport in 1922. She is thought to be the first western woman to stand up on a surfboard.
BrrbK TIL airbags were invented in 1952 when an engineer tried to stop his young daughter from smashing into the dashboard during an accident.
x669B TIL that in ancient Rome admission to rhe colosseum was free. Today it's like 40 bucks.