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TIL that 3 people in the US are still using iron lungs from childhood polio. Repairs to the equipment is near impossible.

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P1e5V TIL that mead (or honey wine) has different names when blended with different ingredients. When fermented with grape juice, it is called "pyment," with apple juice "cyser," with other fruits "melomel," with herbs or spices "metheglin," and with hops, grains, or malts "braggot"
YpdrB TIL: Brittney Spears has not been in control of her life for many years and only works to enrich her father who acts as her conservator.
R0vw TIL There was an Attorney General that was a sole hold-out that refused to go along with a settlement that would shield the banks from the mortgage fiasco lawsuits. NY States Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman.
vWgL TIL of Tycho Brahe, an enormously rich 16th century Danish astronomer, who is well known for his pet moose that accompanied him everywhere and developed a strong taste for beer, eventually becoming so intoxicated at a party that it fell down a flight of stairs and died from subsequent injuries
Bx5K TIL pregnant Muslim women who fast during Ramadan are likely to have smaller babies who will be more prone to learning disabilities in adulthood.