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TIL of the Semmelweis reflex, a tendency to reject evidence that contradicts existing beliefs. Documented when doctors refused to wash their hands from autopsies to delivery rooms despite evidence this decreases mortality.

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1agVP TIL Pazuzu, the demon central to the movie The Exorcist, was actually a protector of children in ancient Mesopotamia.
xZvD TIL at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, North Korean and South Korean athletes came together to march as one under the unified banner of ‘Korea’ during the opening ceremony
5YZAP TIL: Paris was strictly and island city in the Seine until nearly 1000 AD.
6Jem TIL that when asked by Vanity Fair about how she got role of Princess Leia in original Star Wars trilogy, Carrie Fisher’s answer was: “I slept with some nerd. I hope it was George. I took too many drugs to remember.”
KOO0E TIL Aretha Franklin gave birth to her first child at the age of 12