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TIL Western Medicine was Introduced in Japan by a botanist

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MZw8 TIL Bernard Noble was sentenced to and is currently serving 13-40 years in prison for 2 joints (strike 3 conviction).
rRGvo TIL that English's formal word for "you" was "you", while "thou" was used to express intimacy & familiarity
5YoD TIL that a live conch is essentially a large claw-like appendage with a small set of eyes and a mouth attached.
kO5ag TIL of Paul Moran. A man from Northern Ireland who attempted to turn his faeces into gold. He subsequently caused more than £3000 in damages to his home due and was charged with arson.
D1A0r TIL that all mammals, from mice to whales, have roughly the same number of heartbeats in a lifetime: 1 billion.