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TIL during the 19th century, 'corpse medicine' was practiced in Europe, where people consumed human remains, as supposed cures for ailments

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vPPr4 TIL the TV channel TLC was originally founded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA to transmit educational lessons to children in schools.
dDx7E TIL that there is a Grammy equivalent for the creators of hold music called The MARCE Awards (MARketing & Creative Excellence). They are also known as The Holdies.
L1D9 TIL while planning the invasion of Japan, the US ordered so many purple hearts that we still haven’t issued them all.
ADYZ4 TIL Basil Zaharoff sold the Greek government a submarine. He then told the Turks that Greece had a submarine, so they bought two. Then he told the Russians the Turks had two submarines, so they bought two as well. None of the submarines worked.
kO4aB TIL that Orangutans have been known to wash themselves with soap because they’ve seen us doing it, it has no benefit to them, they just do it anyway.