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TIL Henry Heimlich (who gave his name to the manoeuvre) advocated Malariotherapy; the deliberate infection of a person with benign malaria to treat ailments such as cancer, Lyme disease and HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider the practice "atrocious".

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ANOD4 TIL an Ottoman cuisine named İmam bayıldı literally means "the imam fainted". The cuisine was named after a tale that a Turkish imam fainted after knowing how much olive oil his wife used to cook an eggplant.
nA5W TIL Kars4Kids donations go to a Jewish charity that sends kids on heritage trips to Israel
e0E0J TIL the food known as Hush Puppies were named so because during civil war era, escaping slaves would feed these to the tracking dogs tasked to hunt them down. Slaves would feed the dogs while urging them to 'hush puppy'
mnLy TIL we have doodles from an elementary school-aged child from the 13th century - including “battle scenes and drawings of himself and his teacher”
Br60L TIL 4 Canadian wolves were air-dropped into Isle Royale National Park in Michigan to boost the park's wolfpack to 8. The extra wolves were brought in to help keep the moose population in check, thereby preventing mass starvation of the moose herd.