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TIL that James Harrison, 74, has donated blood nearly 1,000 times in his lifetime. Antibodies in his rare blood type help newborns with severe anemia survive. In total, thanks to Harrison’s donation, according to rough estimates, more than 2 million babies were saved .

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 5:13 pm

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TIL of a rare condition where a female can develop two uteruses, two cervixes and two vaginas. A condition known as Uterine Didelphys.

by whatilearned June 17, 2022, 6:55 pm

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TIL The discovery of vitamin D curing rickets in the 1930s led to the fortification of common foods. This took the statistics of approximately 80–90% of children showing varying degrees of bone deformations due to vitamin D deficiency to being a very rare condition.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 4:02 am

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TIL about Cotard’s Syndrome, also known as “walking corpse syndrome,” a rare mental disorder in which one has delusional beliefs ranging from believing that they are dead, do not exist, or have lost their internal organs/blood/souls. Many even believe they’re immortal and can’t die a natural death.

by whatilearned May 30, 2022, 12:34 pm

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TIL that a Wholphin named Kekaimalu is an extremely rare false killer whale and common bottlenose dolphin hybrid that’s able to have offsprings.

by whatilearned May 24, 2022, 10:04 am

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TIL: Beauty Parlour Stroke Syndrome is an extremely rare phenomenon that describes a stroke caused by having your hair washed over a basin at a salon. It is thought to be the result of reduced blood flow to the brain caused by sustained distortion of the neck during the washing process.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 4:00 pm

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TIL about the rusty-spotted cat, a very rare wild cat native to India and Sri Lanka. Referred to as the hummingbird of the cat family, they weigh in at 2-4 pounds and are thought to be the smallest wild cat species.

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 5:07 pm

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TIL that there was a blue man named Paul “Papa Smurf” Karason who had a rare skin condition that made his skin entirely blue from high red blood cell count which caused his skin not to release oxygen at normal levels

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 2:16 am

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What is a hobby you enjoy and think it’s rare / unique?

by QuestionGuy May 3, 2022, 11:22 am

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Guy goes to the doctor for a checkup and gets bad news. “You’ve got a rare disease and you’ve only got 6 months to live” he is told.

by cringeyjokesman April 23, 2022, 6:56 am

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What do people complain about like it’s everywhere constantly but is actually rather rare?

by QuestionGuy April 14, 2022, 7:42 pm

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TIL about the Cat Gap, a 7 million-year period from 18.5 million to 25 million years ago when cats became rare or nonexistent in the fossil record in North America

by whatilearned April 14, 2022, 4:23 pm

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