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TIL that mustard gas led to chemotherapy. During a World War II air raid, German pilots hit an American ship which had a secret stockpile of mustard gas. Doctors noticed that the gas suppressed cell division, which could fight cancer.

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n5PB TIL That Alec Guinness negotiated a deal for his salary as Obi Wan Kenobi with George Lucas by deciding he would receive 2.25% of the total profits made by the entire “Star Wars” franchise, which in total is roughly $60 Million dollars
KYDZJ TIL about the “Little Joe Penetrometer:” A pistol crossbow prototype weapon designed by the OSS for covert operations in WW2.
0wROL TIL a mental hospital in Provo, Utah ran a haunted attraction called “The Haunted Castle” with many of the hospital patients as performers.
5J0p TIL António Moniz, the surgeon who developed the frontal lobotomy procedure to make people calm and docile, was shot by one of his lobotomized patients.
nePmd TIL that a loving touch causes female cockroaches to make babies faster