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TIL about Army Col. Daniel Blackmon, who became the face of romance scams worldwide. Hundreds of accounts across the internet pretend to be this one guy every day.

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b9wLa TIL that scientists have been able to use a unique gene therapy to cure the herpes simplex virus in mice with plans to move into human clinical trials in the next three years.
nn9B TIL when signing a bill the President signs with different pens and those pens are the gift to the people that contributed most to the bill.
X08Q TIL that 99.56% of guns in circulation are used for their intended legal purpose.
kJleg TIL: In 1968, over 6000 sheep were killed in Utah and popular theories pointed to the Army. It was revealed 30 years later that it was indeed the result of nerve agent testing. Families nearby developed nervous system illnesses, but the Army accepted no responsibility.
y0AV TIL that before her death at 35, Harriet Cole, a maid at Drexel’s College of Medicine, willed her body to Dr. Rufus Weaver, and requested it be used to benefit science. Weaver proceeded with the complete dissection and mounting of her nervous system.