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TIL the PGA Tour is a non-profit entity
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TIL a scientist cracked his knuckles on one hand for 60 years to prove it did not cause Arthritis. He got an Ig Nobel prize for the discovery
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After you die, some things in your body keep on ticking. Genes active after death may be important for transplant success and calculating time of death.
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TIL there is a lion with pet dachshunds (weenie dogs)
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TIL scientists calculated that a week-long nuclear war involving about 100 nuclear weapons would kill 27 million people directly and 255 million people from starvation, while a week-long war involving 4,400 nuclear weapons would kill 360 million people directly and 5 billion people from starvation.
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TIL that during the 1918 flu pandemic, 62 Boston prisoners volunteered to be injected with infected tissue and sprayed with infectious aerosols with a promise of release if they survived. All of the prisoners lived, but the ward doctor died soon after.