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TIL that the Bee Gees replaced the last chorus of "Islands In The Stream" with the lyrics of Ghetto Supastar, in their greatest hits version

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wLww8 TIL that study published in Cell in 2014 shows that fasting for 3 days triggers stem cell regeneration in your body and repairs your immune system which in turn can help you live longer and healthier.
8jXL TIL: When an aggressive schizophrenic man became so violent that formal psychological testing couldn’t be done, doctors preformed a CT scan, discovering a brain tumor. They surgically removed it, and he was schizophrenia-free two weeks later.
KOlxQ TIL of Harry Daghlian, a 24 year-old physicist with the Manhattan Project. He accidentally dropped a brick into the centre of a plutonium core and exposed himself to a lethal dose of radiation, dying 25 days after the accident.
9wDkG TIL that in 2010, the carrot industry launched a marketing initiative called "Eat'em Like Junk Food". The campaign used tactics from the snack industry, including snack-food-like packaging; futuristic, sexual, and extreme sports-themed TV commercials; carrot vending machines; and an iPhone game.
R5nnw TIL City of London plans to move historic markets to Essex are being blocked by a law from 1247