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TIL a medium-sized dog has the same environmental cost as a SUV

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DQ8Jp TIL In 1778 there was a Doctors Riot also called the Anatomy Riot, which was caused by a reaction to physicians and medical students stealing bodies from graves, that left 20 people dead.
e00Lk This week's Newsweek proclaims that "Heaven Is Real"--a neurologist concludes it after a near-death experience. But how much do we know about those experiences?
nWDwd TIL that “Chemotherapy came to us because of an accident in World War II...it was what the Americans were hiding [illegally as mustard gas was outlawed] in one of the wrecked cargo ship that made the event historic: The U.S. SS John Harvey contained more than 120,000 pounds of mustard gas"
05E5 TIL that of the 196 countries in the world, 59 of them gained independence from the United Kingdom.
awBrN TIL that Olympic gold medals are actually just gold-plated silver, and bronze medals are only worth about $3.