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TIL that nearly all vultures in India have died due to eating corpses of animals recently treated with the drug diclofenac. In a butterfly effect, there is now a major rabies problem, with an annual cost of US$26 billion per year.

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rGZy TIL In research there is a demand characteristic known as the “Screw-You Effect” - when participants attempt to ruin the results of a study
LknjZ TIL - About the “Mandela Effect” where a large group of people believe an event occurred when it did not. (IE the quote isn’t “Luke, I am your father”, just “No, I am Your Father”)
YpDvr TIL of Luke “Milky” Moore, an Australian who was able to overdraft over $1.5 million from his bank. He was eventually sent to prison, appealed and argued his own case, was released, and is now studying to become a criminal defense lawyer.
oJK8 TIL that upon their return to Earth, the Apollo 11 crew were quarantined in a special facility for 21 days just in case they were bringing back any moon germs.
9MVp TIL ancient Egypt had many medical specialists, including proctologists which were called “shepherds of the anus”.