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TIL Nikola Tesla did not believe in the existence of electrons

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VMpW0 TIL about Dr. Joseph Lister, who was the first doctor to understand the concept of "germs" and why surgeons should wash their hands before operating.
WkJkd TIL that after Nietzsche's death, his sister, Elizabeth reworked his unpublished writings to fit her own nationalist ideology, contradictory to Friedrich Nietzsche's opposition to antisemitism and nationalism.
J4Ql TIL that in Japan, avid golfers buy insurance to protect themselves on the course. They purchase it because if they get a hole-in-one, they have to buy gifts and drinks for their friends. The policy covers them for a party worth up to $4,900.
78mYO TIL Western Medicine was Introduced in Japan by a botanist
6ZdQ TIL that in 1998, Nestle trademarked the tubular packaging of Smarties. It later sued Masterfoods Denmark which marketed M&Ms in a similar package. The Supreme Court of Denmark later ruled that a basic geometrical shape couldn’t be trademarked, and ordered the trademark to be removed.