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TIL that dentists did not wear gloves or eye masks until the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 80’s. All of the current protections we are wearing may also become permanent in some areas.

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mx6BE TIL that Mikhail Gorbachev was the only Soviet leader who was born when the Soviet Union already existed.
9O4Q TIL in 2000, a study was done in which 20 healthy non-depressed volunteers were given the SSRI antidepressant Zoloft (Sertraline). Two weeks into the study two volunteers became dangerously suicidal.
PYMvn Scientists have trained a spider named Kim to jump on command.
a8DNL TIL that Jeff Bezos' ex-wife has given away more than $14 billion to more than 1,500 organizations since their divorce
6EZJX TIL that Spanish explorers originally called pecans "wrinkle nuts."