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TIL despite being rejected as the name of a new British research vessel, Boaty McBoatface will be the name of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle on the RSS Sir David Attenborough

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0wA7R TIL that in 17th-century Poland, wet bread mixed with spider webs was used to cure wounds. It may sound stupid, but it work, as the bread contained fungal spores, including penicillin and naturally produced antibiotic substances.
YpQjZ TIL at the age of 14, in 1905, Charles de Gaulle wrote a short story titled "General De Gaulle" in which he imagined himself leading the French Army to victory over Germany "sometime in the 1930s."
16ZvX TIL, Step I of Drug Therapy for Hypertension is also selected on the Basis of Race of the Patient. Non-Black Patients Respond Better to ACE Inhibitors/ARBs. While for Older Non-Blacks and Blacks of all ages, a CCB or a Thiazide Diuretic is Preferred for Initiating Therapy.
D1eKD TIL Cutting sugar from kids’ diets appears to have a beneficial effect in just days study Says
D1Gmp TIL Paul McCartney was arrested in Japan for bringing 8 ounces of Marijuana into the country in 1980. After spending 10 days in Jail he was released without charge and immediately deported.