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TIL William Horatio Bates developed a (dangerous and ineffective) alternative therapy method of treating nearsightedness that involved using a lens to focus sunlight directly onto a patient's eyes

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pyBN TIL between 1949 and 1952, The White House was completely gutted, leaving only the outer walls around a shell. The mansion was then rebuilt using concrete and steel beams in place of its original wooden joists
ApAa TIL that we’ve connected two human brains together, and used one to control the body of the other.
KYlGE TIL that the reason we are seeing bigger cars in the US, is because the government made a formula that incentivizes manufacturers to build bigger cars
BoRb TIL Rice does not need to grow in water, but since it can survive it, is done so to control weeds and other pests creating higher yields.
xVPm0 Seven out of ten prescriptions written today are for items unknown to medicine before World War II.