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TIL that Scientists have discovered 'Gwada Negative'- a brand new blood type found in just one 68 year old woman on Earth

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KYDJw TIL about The Cure for Insomnia, an experimental movie released in 1987 by a man named John Henry Timmis IV, that held the Guinness World Record for longest film at around 87 hours. It consists of an artist reading a 4,080 page poem, and there are believed to be no copies left.
Eg5nw TIL about the Chinese Tiangong space station, which has been permanently crewed since 2022.
j5JE TIL there’s a town in Brazil made of women. Sons are sent away at 18 and husbands are only allowed to visit on weekends.
8epjZ TIL a Thai prime minister jumped off a sinking warship and swam to safety. In the Manhattan rebellion, the Navy took the PM hostage aboard a ship. The Air Force and Army were mobilized to put down the rebels. Fierce fighting ensued and the ship with the PM onboard sunk. This was 6 years after WW2.
pxNe TIL Sweden has instituted a country-wide program where citizens can enroll to receive an SMS when there is a heart attack victim nearby, allowing them to reach them faster than an ambulance and provide CPR. In 40% of the cases, SMSlifesavers arrived before ambulances and started providing CPR.