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TIL British military scientists tested mustard gas on Indians by sending hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers and exposed them to mustard gas

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MeoRA TIL the human brain is estimated to compute at roughly 1 exaFLOP (10^18 operations) per second. The world's currently largest supercomputer operates at 0.2 exaFLOP/s and consumes 13 Megawatts. Our brain uses 20 watts.
v1XOB TIL in 1995 a shirt that featured Margaret from Dennis the Menace saying “Someday a woman will be PRESIDENT!” was pulled from shelves when one Walmart shopper said it offended “family values.” It was restocked 4 months later due to women’s groups threatening to boycott Walmart.
BZLr TIL that newgrounds.com is one of the oldest websites still around. It was founded in 1991.
jYvv TIL In the 1800’s there was a family of serial killers called the Bloody Benders who owned an inn/store in Kansas.. They would murder & rob any travellers who happened to stop by, eventually people got suspicious of them so they fled, their fate is still unknown to this day.
YpvMZ TIL not liking music is an actual neurological condition.