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Today I learned that Early Doctors Diagnosed Disease by Looking at Urine

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4Gm6 TIL The man who invented the technology Thermos used to keep liquids hot or cold never patented his invention. Despite the vast commercial success of his invention within his own lifetime, he died having never profited from it at all.
j6NWX TIL that Jimmy Carter's longevity is actually an outlier in his family. His father, two sisters, and brother all died between the ages of 51-63; and all to same ailment: pancreatic cancer
4Xva5 TIL "The Royal Order of Whale Bangers" was a WWII medal presented by patrol squadron (VP-53) to any of its bombardiers who sank a whale instead of a U-Boat.
xBA1 TIL that there IS such a thing as transparent aluminum and it is a viable replacement for bulletproof glass.
opmL TIL the largest known black hole has a diameter of 1 trillion km, more than 190 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto.