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TIL in April of 2018, Revée Agyepong became one of the first adults to be cured of sickle cell anemia via stem cell transplant. Revée’s donor was her own sister, who turned out to be a 100% match.

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5YDmD TIL of The Irish Sweepstakes, est. 1930, which sold lottery tickets internationally to fund Irish hospitals, and prizes won via horse races. The US, where gambling was illegal at the time, bought the most tickets.
8aL54 TIL that working dogs in the United States military always outrank their human handler.
XEr76 TIL the "Pac-Man defense" is when a company being bought out in a hostile takeover counterattacks by trying to buy out the aggressor.
MePOm TIL that Ned Kelly once mailed someone bull testicles after an argument
xpno TIL In 2009, scientists at India’s Defense Research and Development Organization announced plans to use ghost peppers in hand grenades, as a non-lethal way to flush out terrorists from their hideouts. It would also be developed into pepper spray as a self-defense/anti-rape product.