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TIL cockroach brains contain antibiotics that can kill 90% of MRSAs

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4k8La TIL about eunus. A Roman slave from Syria who claimed to be a prophet of the goddess atargatis and led the slaves in revolt during the first servile war. He proclaimed himself king, took over several cities around Sicily and succeeded in defeating the Roman’s for several years before being defeated.
78lQp TIL that Lucretia Garfield, widow of murdered U.S. president James A. Garfield, effectively established the first presidential library by overseeing the construction of a library on her property, to house all of her husband's books and presidential documents.
5YvKr TIL German anatomy institutes receive so many donations that they often have to turn away cadavers, or even charge donors to take them. This is the result of people avoiding strict funeral costs that they would otherwise be legally required to pay.
6Eo88 TIL that the saying "the bottom line" is referring to the bottom line in a math problem, or just the answer and no details.
1aAwV TIL one of Anderson Cooper's ancestors was a slave-owner who was beaten to death with a garden hoe... by one of his own slaves