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TIL Seth McFarlane is one of many waiting to be cryopreserved when they die

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VM0Jk TIL Emma Lazarus' sonnet The New Colossus, which says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" was written for & donated to an auction to raise funds to build the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. 16 years after her death, a plaque with her words was installed
Y7mZ7 TIL the most translated book after the Bible is The Little Prince
eZRg TIL that the only actual case of poisoned Halloween candy occurred in 1974 when a father killed his son with a cyanide-laced Pixy Stick so he could collect life insurance.
dDNAr TIL that alongside being an important figure in farming and an internet meme, David Brandt was also a Marine during Vietnam and received a Purple Heart
6n48 TIL that stem cells inside your teeth can repair muscle, generate bone, and repair damaged cardiac muscle after a heart attack