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TIL Jews living in India faced almost no antisemitism when they arrived there, until the Portuguese and British colonized India

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W79B8 TIL when the town of Exeter, Massachusetts renamed itself to honor Benjamin Franklin in 1778, they asked Franklin to donate a bell to the town church. Franklin responded with a donation of books instead, which formed the founding collection of America's first public library.
yBRM TIL Karl Urban’s portrayal of Dr. McCoy in the 2009 Star Trek film was so well-done that Leonard Nimoy was reduced to tears at how much it reminded him of his late friend DeForest Kelley
ANlPw TIL a 1,200 year old formula of garlic, onion, wine and ox bile worked to inhibit antibiotic-resistant bacteria
kWOe TIL that a tick bite can cause a lifetime allergy to red meat. The Lone Star tick injects a type of sugar found in red meat into the blood, and causes antibodies to be made that cause an allergic reaction when the person later ingests meat with the sugar.
l7P6N TIL that “smart” bullets, precision-guided firearm bullets that can alter course and accurately correct their path to a target, exist. They have been in development since as early as 2008 by DARPA and have been fire-tested successfully