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TIL a 2006 trial of an autoimmune drug that was found to be safe in mice, caused human volunteers fingers and toes to die within minutes of taking it and left them with multiple organ failures.

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0Zdv TIL- Doctor ignaz discovered that by washing his hands between delivering babys cut the mortality rate of infection from 35% to less than 1%. His ideas were rejected by the medical community and upset other doctors so much they put him in a insane asylum. He was beaten to death 14 days later
oBRro TIL that when spun and dropped a large distance, a ball will glide.
dD8vZ TIL 1931 Best Picture nominee Trader Horn, the first non-documentary filmed in Africa, had one crew member eaten by a crocodile, another stampeded by a rhinoceros, and the lead actress suffered a career ending illness
VQE4 TIL Sioux and Cheyenne Native Americans defeated the 7th Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Bighorn 138 years ago today
9wWYB TIL there exists the "Official Monster Raving Loony Party", a political party established in the UK in 1982 and is still actively running for elections.