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TIL that a Human’s blood type can change if they receive a bone marrow transplant

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y6lV TIL that a white guy from Canada is in the Guinness Book of World Records twice for having the best selling reggae single in US history, as well as the highest charting reggae single in history.
YpOwW TIL that prawn and shrimp are not the same animal - they're not even closely related. They are in two different sub-orders of decapoda. As an example of what that means, cats and dogs are in different sub-orders of carnivora.
e0VQ5 TIL just about every product we buy and use has been gobbled up by one of about 10 megacorporations
pY1xp TIL after Viennese intellectuals campaigned for the early release of Jack Unterweger (in prison for murder), he became a celebrated poet & journalist. But after his release, he killed 11 women. During this time, his books were taught in schools & he reported on the crime wave he was responsible for.
RNQ9 TIL that red, irritated eyes after swimming isn’t from over-chlorination; it’s from urine.