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TIL about Gulf War Illness: Over 1/3 of the veterans that served in the Gulf War experience the same horrendous symptoms, all caused by chemicals the US chose to expose them to. 7,424 of 7,845 claims of GW veterans were denied between 1994 and 1996 - and it's still hard for them to get a diagnosis.

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PYANE TIL that Babe Ruth was the first human to receive chemotherapy.
wYaW TIL an electric bell has been running off the same battery for 170 years and no one knows what the battery is made of.
GxME TIL 13 paintings were stolen from an art museum in Boston in 1990 by two thieves dressed in police uniforms, who tricked museum security into letting them access the gallery. Value of the paintings lost was over $500 million, making it the largest private property heist in history, still unsolved
b989j TIL it's possible to watch the entire Star Wars movie in Window's command prompt, using just few lines of code.