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TIL John B. Stetson invented the cowboy hat after moving out West to treat his tuberculosis.

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VMQak TIL China has some of the lowest percentages of voluntary organ donors but some of the shortest waiting times for organs because they harvest organs from political prisoners, the marginalized, and executed prisoners.
6EyK8 TIL Qian Xuesen was a Chinese scientist/colonel in the US army partially responsible for helping America go to space. But because of racism, he was deported to China. He was the father of Chinese rocketry and is one of the reasons why China is a world power today with ICBMS.
m1l1P TIL In 1874 Tom Collins was a fake individual used to prank people. The prankster would tell the victim that Collins had slandered them and have the victim pursue the fictional man. Newspapers would go to make fake reports on Collins and music halls had songs about the event.
W7Odd TIL that David Bowie's half brother, Terry Burns, who suffered from schizophrenia, was a significant influence on his music career.
7nrb TIL an ‘herb’ is the leaf or stems, and 'spice’ is the seed, bud, bark, root, or berry. So because we smoke the buds of marijuana and not the leaves or stems, it should euphemistically be called 'spice’ and not 'herb’.