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TIL that scientist (Dr. Robert G. Heath) at Tulane University discovered the “pleasure centers” of the brain by zapping it with electricity in the 1950s, giving a woman a 30-minute orgasm.

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nxg7 TIL that Father’s Day (tomorrow) is the busiest day for collect calls in the US.
wo4yW TIL that Gideon Gross together with Zelig Eshhar at the Weizmann Institute of Science, created the first chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), the basis of the development of cancer immunotherapy, involving genetic modifications of T lymphocytes extracted from cancer patients.
JmBm TIL in 1997, Apple Stock hit a 12-year low in that was at least partially caused by a single sale of 1.5 million shares ($22.5 million) by an anonymous party. This helped Jobs convince the board to oust CEO Gil Amelio and appoint him as the replacement. Jobs was revealed to be the anonymous party
9wP7G TIL that hundreds of miniature coffins containing frogs have been found in archaeological sites across Finland, primarily under churches and ecclesiastical buildings, believed to be a form of “protective magic”
oBKBE TIL in 2004 a man had his head brutally smashed with an axe on his sleep. He woke up like normal and adrenaline kept him up as he did his routine. He used the sink,did dishes and made breakfast while bleeding out. He was locked out while picking the newspaper and died trying to find the spare key