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TIL that taking anti inflammatory drugs like Tylenol or Ibuprofen before getting a vaccine will negatively affect the body’s immune response, thereby reducing immunity to the disease the vaccine is intended to help prevent

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xVYO5 TIL that the CT scanner was invented by an electrical engineer working for EMI, the record company that signed the Beatles. His name was Godfrey Hounsfield and he performed the first CT in history by scanning his own brain.
4DnJ TIL in the 90’s, a major testimony about horrific acts committed by Iraqi troops, including infanticide, was fabricated in order to gain support for the first gulf war.
KOpnw TIL USA only country in the world that where Olympic athletes are not government funded or sponsored
R7Op8 TIL that the mountain K2 (the 2nd highest in the world) was named such as a placeholder, literally "the 2nd peak in the Karakoram mountain range". it stuck because the mountain is so remote that no one else had given it a name.
9YP4X TIL the solar storm of 1859 caused worldwide electrical failure, with telegraph systems being knocked out, some throwing sparks and shocking operators. This event, if it occured today, would cause trillions in damages.