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TIL in 1948, Paul Hermann Müller won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the potent toxic effects on insects by DDT. This pesticide was later on linked to deaths and adverse reproductive effects in both animals and humans.

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ADpVl TIL Keanu Reeves often foregoes some of his paycheck so that producers can bring on other notable actors. On The Devil's Advocate, he reduced his salary by a few million dollars so that they could afford Al Pacino, and he did the same thing on The Replacements to be able to work with Gene Hackman.
W7Xnd TIL Max Planck opposed the atomic theory until the 1890s
9wrnG TIL During the evacuation of a hospital during hurricane Katrina a sniper opened fire on medical workers and patients.
6Rn8 TIL LED traffic lights have led to car crashes and deaths in the past, since they emit too little heat to melt snow & ice which block the lights
4eYa TIL than an 80 year old Russian once fought a bear with a flurry of punches, kicks, and headbutts before the bear threw him off of a cliff. He survived.