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TIL, there is a prisoner who has spent 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement

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Lbkm TIL the german word for contraceptive pills is ‘antibabypille’
p8N7A TIL of a drug called TGN1412 that went through phase 1 clinical trials. Six men were given the drug and suffered catastrophic effects. Fever, severe pain, vomiting, multiple organ failures, swollen heads and limbs needing to be amputated.
9PvQ TIL that a “Gay Face” is scientifically verifiable.
neQrG TIL George R. R. Martin's family used to be wealthy owning a successful construction business however, they lost it all during the Great Depression. In 1953, the family moved to a federal housing project in Bayonne, New Jersey.
WklPL TIL the first adopters of the bicycle in China were the prostitutes ('sing-song girls'). The bicycle was seen as undignified and far too menial, the prostitutes working the harbors had nothing to lose, so they were the first adopters.