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TIL Horseshoe crab blood is a valuable medical resource used to test drugs, and medical devices for bacterial contamination.

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mxOVE TIL That the ghost on Ghostwriter (90's PBS kids show) was a runaway slave during the Civil War that was murdered in the woods after being tracked down by slave catchers and their dogs. He was teaching other runaway slaves to read.
6vG8 TIL that schools that ditch schoolyard rules are actually seeing a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing. Turns out giving children too many rules hurts their development.
KO1ZR TIL that adding the suffix "-gate" to scandals or controversies (like gamer-gate) was started by the former script writer for President Nixon to minimize the seriousness of the Watergate scandal.
Lkner TIL in 1996 Michael Hutchence presented Oasis with a Brit Awards trophy and during the acceptance Noel Gallagher said, “Has-beens shouldn't be presenting awards to gonna-bes.” Afterwards, Hutchence secretly re-recorded the INXS song "Elegantly Wasted" to include the chorus, "I am better than Oasis".
5XVp TIL the largest mall in the world by gross leasable area is in China - and it’s 99% empty