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Today I Learned Roman physician Galen would use wine as a disinfectant for all types of wounds, and even soaked exposed bowels before returning them to the body only 5 Gladiators died under his watch

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VMXDZ TIL of the Boyd-Parker Torture Tree, where two American Revolutionary War soldiers slowly removed their own intestines.
grV14 TIL that British mathematician Lord Kelvin was so confident in his abilities, he once is said to have sent a servant to find out who was the second-highest scoring student in a mathematical competition at the University of Cambridge. The servant returned and replied "You were, sir".
gMWDL TIL veteran suicide rates are 22% higher than civilians
KOAVa TIL that Ramin Djawadi, the composer for Game of Thrones, has the sensory condition Synesthesia, which allows him to visualize and associate music with color.
XEvd6 TIL there are 32 kings in Cameroon.