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TIL frog saunas can help treat a deadly fungal infection that spread worldwide after Xenopus laevis frogs were used for pregnancy testing in the 1940s.

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xVAEg TIL, of Prader-Willi Syndrome. Those affected can never feel full and if let unattended would literally eat until their belly's burst. Sufferers are also afflicted with diminished mental capacity so they can't understand the dangers involved.
P1ppJ TIL the site of Lincoln's assassination, Ford's Theater, is a complete reconstruction except for its exterior walls. It was recreated to appears as it did in 1865 by a group of experts and historians in the 1960’s
newed TIL Great white sharks rarely survive in captivity. Experts suspect being surrounded by glass might either confuse or overload the shark's electroreception system, which is used to sense the electrical signals given off by fish in the open ocean, not necessarily inside a glass box.
Z80wB TIL there is something called 'sovereign immunity', preventing Queen Elizabeth from law prosecution. In theory, she could get away with murder.
ep565 TIL when Roger Moore requested to have minimum lines in his scenes with Richard Burton and Richard Harris in The Wild Geese, saying, "You don't seriously expect me to act against these guys?"