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TIL That an american doctor that survived Ebola, contracted the virus in his eye, turning it green, and regained his eyesight by taking a non-FDC approved experimental secret drug.

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nKGY TIL there’s a disorder called ‘Capgras delusion’ in which a person holds a delusion that a close friend, spouse, parent or family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor.
xMg5 TIL That Ghandi Was Extremely Racist Towards Africans and even Lobbied for Segregated Entrances To Public Buildings
1a1DV TIL That on modern cars there is a little arrow on the fuel gauge to help you when it's time to refuel. It tells you which side of the vehicle has the fuel tank and filler cap.
X5Br TIL A school in Tennessee enforced a policy to combat sagging pants. Low-riding students would get “Urkeled” by teachers, where teachers pull up their pants for them, sometimes securing the pants with zip ties.
Ypm1v TIL in spring of 1942 German U-boats terrorized east coast of US sinking fuel tankers and cargo ships with impunity and often within sight of shore and in less than 7 months destroyed 22 percent of the tanker fleet and sank 233 ships killing 5,000 ...more than 2X number who perished at Pearl Harbor.