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TIL of the Frog Test, a pregnancy test where a woman’s urine was injected into a frog, and if it started ovulating, the woman was pregnant. It was used in the 1940s-60s and was surprisingly accurate.

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5V5r TIL Adam Stoddard, an Arizona Detention Officer Who Was Caught On Video Stealing Documents From the Defense Attorney, IN COURT, then Defying a Judges Ruling, Was Never Punished For His Crime & Is doing the Same Job 2 Floors Above the Judge He Defied
QJrZL TIL The word sepia comes from the Mediterranean Cuttlefish, a type of squid whose dark brown ink was used by classical civilizations. The name of this squid thereafter comes from the Greek ''sepein'' meaning: to rot. Most likely from the way the fish dirties the waters with its ink.
45Nb TIL in 2006 two best friends were in an auto accident, in which one friend died. Due to a mixup at the crash scene, each girl was mistakenly identified as the other. After several weeks the mixup was caught and the family that thought they had buried their daughter learned she had actually survived.
ANbK4 TIL In 2022, a Leica film camera from the mid-1920s sold for $15 million, nearly five times the highest estimate. It was one of the 23 Leica 0-Series Prototypes
wopvW TIL of Vichy collaborator Maurice Papon, who deported 1600 Jews to Drancy camp in WW2. He also tortured Algerian insurgents and killed up to 300 protesters in Paris in 1961, disappeared a Moroccan Marxist, and was granted the Legion of Honour by Charles de Gaulle. He was not convicted until 1998.