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TIL that tesla coils can be made in such a way to play music

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Gy6G TIL an experiment sponsored the Quaker Oats corporation fed 73 mentally disabled children radioactive oatmeal in order to track “how nutrients were digested”. The children were told they were joining a science club in exchange for larger portions of food and trips to baseball games.
vPdnL TIL hemp can grow up to 2 inches per day
NXmgJ TIL In 1919 Britain's most remote colony, Tristan da Cunha, learned that World War One had started and ended after not being resupplied for 10 years.
WkLB9 TIL a man suffered a fatal stab wound from a knife-wielding chicken while watching an illegal cockfight in California
J1QXl TIL that there has been a sharp increase in nursing homes in Thailand for elderly dementia patients from Europe, as the costs are significantly cheaper compared to care back in the West, while also allowing for significantly lower carer:patient ratios and individualized care.