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TIL That contrary to popular belief, Einstein was an excellent student

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KYmj6 TIL the town of Coachella was originally going to be called Conchilla, meaning "little shells" in Spanish due to all the seashells found in the area. During the process the printers misread the documents and they were filed with Conchilla spelled 'Coachella' and they just decided to accept it.
69X4m TIL some Appalachians believe women should not can foods during their menstrual cycles because the lid won't seal and the food will spoil
KOp8Q TIL Dolly Parton penned an original song and locked it away to be opened and played publicly only on her 100th birthday. No one else has ever heard it nor will anyone until January 19, 2046.
bab4 TIL that in 2006, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia launched a $1.2 million program to retrain prostitutes as nursing-home caregivers. A supporter explained they had “good people skills, aren’t easily disgusted, and have zero fear of physical contact.”
lBYN TIL there has been a reported case of human-to-human cancer transmission, where a surgeon cut his hand while resecting a tumor and seeded the patient’s cancer cells on his hand.