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TIL the Persian Gulf was once a very fertile and inhabited valley having flooded during the start of recorded history during the time of the Sumerians

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Y7Xb7 TIL Vertus Hardiman, who at age 5 in 1928 was subject to radiation experiments disguised as a new ringworm treatment. He lived 80 years suffering necrosis of his skull, hidden under hats and wigs.
Xly8 TIL Hitler and Nazi officials outlawed animal cruelty including the boiling of live lobsters.
neJMW TIL the original B&W set for the Addams Family was actually pink because it looks better on B&W
XEWL8 TIL of a 2011 study that analyzed the decisions made by a panel of judges who spent several days reviewing parole applications. It turned out that the likelihood of a prisoner getting parole was mostly determined by how hungry the judges were at different times in the day.
JYdXl TIL that if you hold in your farts for to long, some of the gas will be reabsorbed into your body and is exhaled in your breath.