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TIL that over 150 Japanese people contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakobs Disease (yes, THAT one) after being implanted with Lyodura, a brain patch illegally harvested from random cadavers

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DRLV TIL Hugh Jackman recognized an interviewer as his former P.E student in high school.
AN6lo TIL In 1963 after the Kennedy Assassination, CBS producer Don Hewitt suggested to Dan Rather a plan to steal the Zapruder Film and copy it before returning the film. While Rather agreed to the idea, Hewitt had second thoughts and decided not to go through with the plan.
a89jL TIL Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body, the remains of both he and his mother were exhumed and reburied at his former home, Graceland.
P1AoV TIL Zillion is not a number
4Br5 TIL that Iceland was involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. They sent two troops.