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TIL during The Plague of Justinian, the Emperor Justinian made tax payers liable for what their deceased neighbours owed in taxes.

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D1pyp TIL Scientists found cancer in a 1.7 million year old foot bone and a 2 million year old spine from two ancient hominin specimens in South Africa. Before these finds, the oldest dated cancer in a human was only 120,000 years old.
8y9G TIL Daraprim, the drug aquired by Turing Pharmaceutials that has controversially skyrocketed in price, also treats malaria! The drug is listed on the World Health Organization’s List of Esstential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.
Eg4PW TIL that Norman Lear has produced, written, created or developed over 100 shows, including "All in the Family", "Sanford and Son" and "The Jeffersons". He's now 100 years old, and still actively producing television shows - most recently, a revival of "Good Times".
p818N TIL that garbha Upanishad(esoteric doctrine over the embryo),a hindu upanishadic texts deal with the theory of the formation and development of the human embryo and human body after birth.in section 3 it gives an idea about how embryo develops.
YMXx TIL that one’s 180 degree angle of view above water is compressed to a 97° angle of view below water, similar to the effect of a fisheye lens. The phenomenon has a name, “Snell’s Window” we have all likely seen it.