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TIL that you can “bank” your baby or wisdom teeth and possibly use them for stem cell and bone marrow transplants in the future.

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a8P9b TIL that veteran astronaut John Young's heart rate when launching on top of the Saturn V was only 70 bpm, the normal resting heart rate; meanwhile, his rookie crewmate's heart rate was 144 bpm, more than double. Young later said his heart "was too old for it to go any faster".
78x8M TIL in 2011 a woman in France sued her ex-husband for compensation over his refusal to have sex with her during their 21-year marriage & won, with a judge ordering her ex-husband to pay her roughly $15,000. Her ex claimed he stopped having sex with her because he was too tired & had health problems.
xNk7 TIL that, when the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hideki Tojo, was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound in his chest, he was pumped full of American blood, allowed to recover, and then later hanged for his war crimes.
rOod TIL That OJ Simpsons was considered for the role of The Terminator but James Cameron couldn’t imagine such a nice guy playing the role of a ruthless killer
YyOB TIL The heir to the SC Johnson fortune received a sentence of 6 months for repeatedly molesting his 12 year old stepdaughter.