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TIL that human bites contain so many germs that they’re actually septic.

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VMDVm TIL that William McBride, an Australian obstetrician who helped determine the link between thalidomide and birth defects, was years later de-registered for falsifying scientific data to claim that another drug also caused birth defects.
oyPL TIL a documentary film called “My Kid Could Paint That”, which was supposed to be about a child painting prodigy, turned into an investigative piece when it turned out her parents were likely producing “her” artwork
oRRNr TIL Cyrillic Alphabet was firstly used by Bulgarians.
16e98 TIL that the Y chromosome is passed almost unchanged from father to son, which is how scientists were able to trace a vast number of direct male descendants back to Genghis Khan.
78DoM TIL that the person who co-wrote the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy also co-wrote Call of Duty Black Ops I and II