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4XYA5 TIL about Hisashi Ouchi who was kept alive for 83 days against his will, after being exposed to radiation.
WknoX TIL: Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. In 1834, it was sold as a cure for an upset stomach by an Ohio physician named John Cook. It wasn’t popularized as a condiment until the late 19th century.
e0GPE TIL Popeye the sailor man was inspired by a Polish sailor named Frank 'Rocky' Fiegel