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TIL in 1866, the State of Mississippi spent more than half its yearly budget providing Civil War veterans with prosthetics

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9wx4Q TIL the use of electricity for medical purposes dates back at least 1800 years: the Imperial Roman physician Scribonius Largus wrote a book of cures in the 2nd century; his treatments for gout and headaches were accomplished by applying the current from an electric eel (or two) to the affected area.
k9Lg TIL that Stephen King has made large charitable donations without announcing them because he was “raised firmly to believe that if you give away money and you make a big deal of it so that everybody sees it, that’s hubris. (…) you’re not supposed to make a big deal about it.”
koxe TIL night vision is always green because the human eye can see more shades of green greater than any other colour.
b91aQ TIL of Ryan Arnold, a man who saved his older brother’s life by donating him two thirds of his liver. Unfortunately, he died a few days after surgery while his brother got better.
BgLgd TIL Mohammad is the most popular boys' name in Berlin, Germany.