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TIL a Troponin Protein variant only occurs in heart muscle cells and only enters your blood due to heart muscle damage. That makes Troponin-I invaluable in diagnosing heart attacks and other heart-related problems.

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5alk TIL One night while touring in San Antonio, TX, Ozzy got hammered and Shannon took his clothes away to keep him from getting into trouble. Instead, Ozzy put on Sharon’s clothes, went for a walk, and took a piss on The Alamo. He was banned from touring in San Antonio for a decade.
lagG Til of Galvarino, the Mapuche Warrior, who after having his hands chopped off by Conquistadors, would have knives attached to his wrists and fight in the war against Spain.
mdJy TIL being gay in India is illegal, and has been illegal since 1861.
XENoD TIL that Stalin struggled with depression and summoned renowned Russian psychiatrist Vladimir Bekhterev to examine him. After the examination Bekhterev said only one word - "paranoiac". He died on the very next day from what most believed was poisoning.
loep5 TIL that Latvian folklorist Anna Bērzkalne wrote her 1942 doctoral thesis in English instead of German as a form of non-violent resistance to the Nazi occupation of Latvia during World War II.