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TIL as of 2014, there were ~250 corpses that had been cryonically preserved. Only one cryonically preserved corpse pre-dates 1974

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J1dgj TIL there is a village in India. Where people believe that they are descendants of soldiers of Alexander's army. And they are last pure aryan blood tribe. Many women from Germany and europe travel there to get pregnant and have a baby with aryan genes.
0dWRA TIL Arsenic is commonly used in the treatment of a type of leukemia
ZpWDa TIL of a 1950's doctor who transfused his sick patient's blood into his own body to understand her condition better. Impressive and scary!
7rWnX TIL George Washington mandated the creation of the Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse, a secret program comprising 12% of the U.S. government's budget which funded clandestine intelligence gathering missions in Europe, including spies and political subversion.
nZgb TIL that hydraulic fracturing (fracking), was often considered too expensive to realistically pursue until an engineer discovered more efficient methods in 1997. Although Nicholas Steinsberger saved his company and changed the industry, he did not receive so much as a bonus.