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TIL a medical theory which holds that the human appendix serves as a storehouse for good bacteria, and helps to "reboot" the human digestive system after a chronic or short term diarrheal sickness

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KN4B TIL that Hitler’s doctor injected him with a solution of water and methamphetamine saying that was which he called “vitamultin”. He kept a diary of the drugs he administered to Hitler, usually by injection (up to 20 times per day). The list include drugs such as heroin as well as poisons
lWO1 TIL that Mark Twain blew the bulk of his book profits and his wife’s inheritance investing in the failed Paige typesetting machine, the inflation-adjusted equivalent of $8million USD, which lead him to file bankruptcy in 1894.
gMQjb TIL: Benfords law is a logarithmic graph that can be found anywhere in the world. The IRS even uses it to detect tax fraud.
R55Va TIL: Sadly, children in their first year of life (infants aged less than 1 year) are a massive 15% of all child abuse cases
b96Va TIL the R-rated film Planes Trains and Automobiles would have been rated PG if not for the scene where Steve Martin says "fucking" 18 times in one minute. Despite the rating it is the only time in the movie where the word is used.