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TIL that brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in 8 hours

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JYxoj TIL Countess Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova was convicted of killing 38 female serfs by beating and torturing them to death. Imprisoned at Ivanovsky Convent in Moscow; for the first 11 years, she was chained in a basement dungeon without a window and only given a candle during meals.
rjZM TIL Thioacetone. A chemical so stinky that a small amount (test tube amount) causes nausea a half mile away. A smell so bad it was described as “Fearful”
QYQX TIL: A woman with Type 1 diabetes underwent an islet cell transplant. Since the transplant, her glucose levels have remained at a healthy level, and she was taken off insulin and has no dietary restrictions. “She is like a nondiabetic person but requires antirejection drugs,”
d8jJQ TIL that some spiders are considered a constitution of our atmosphere
4dL5 TIL there is something called “the small penis rule” that authors use to avoid libel lawsuits: if a character is described as having a small penis, no one will want to sue and say the character is based on them.