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TIL that court reporters “keyboards” only have 22 keys yet they can type well over 225 wpm

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4koXJ TIL that Alexander Bogdanov, a Russian scientist, experimented with blood transfusions from younger individuals for rejuvenation. He tragically died after transfusing blood from a student with malaria and tuberculosis, though the student miraculously recovered.
WknX TIL in 1970 a disgruntled postgraduate student deliberately infected his roommates with Ascaris suum, a parasitic nematode. This was the first documented human infection by this species.
XExxQ TIL about Tyke the elephant. She was abused by her trainers and ultimately snapped during a live circus in Honolulu, HI. She killed her trainer and was inevitably shot 87 times to death on the street after a horrific rampage in the City.
nZW9 TIL of Vladimir Komarov who was a Russian cosmonaut.He was burned to death during re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere,crying in rage and cursing the people who had put him inside a botched spaceship.
6Ej0m TIL there used to be a seventh position in ice hockey called the rover who would contribute to both defense and offense as needed.