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TIL that Merian C. Cooper, creator of the original King Kong, was a bomber pilot in both WWI and WWII, and retired with a rank of brigadier general

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69yxX TIL Jessica Cantillan, a 17 yr old Mexican citizen received the wrong heart and lung in a transplant surgery at Duke University in 2003. The transplant surgeon (world renowned)wasn't notified untIl the end of surgery. Her body rejected the organs and despite a second surgery, she died.
QNXk6 TIL about the Shirley exception, a mythical exception to a draconian law, so named because supporters of the law will argue that "surely there will be exceptions for truly legitimate needs" even in cases where the law does not in fact provide any.
DA1D TIL that each tire on your car is a single giant molecule
4lVR TIL: As we age, we perceive time faster because “adulthood is accompanied by fewer and fewer memorable events” (firsts), our biological clocks slows down along with a few other affecting factors
awgbN TIL of James Martin Stagg, a meteorologist for the allies in WW2 tasked with finding the day with the right conditions for the D-Day invasion. His team and him predicted that the weather would clear up on June 6th, which the Germans didn’t predict. He was right and D-Day was successful.