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TIL that every medicine certified by the FDA must be tested using horseshoe crab blood.

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VM8mZ TIL that evolution probably explains why so many of us are sexually attracted to butts
jrXN TIL the Soviets gave the offspring of one of their space dogs to JFK’s daughter Caroline during the Cold War in 1961, which went on to have pups with an American dog that JFK jokingly dubbed ‘pupniks’
ORn1 TIL that Transport for London has a history of giving babies born on a train/in underground stations free lifetime rail/train passes
x6NBD TIL that some of James Cook's maps were still in use until the mid-20th century due to their remarkable accuracy and continued relevance after 200 years
7rnmZ TIL In 1917, owners of the Phelps Dodge mining company kidnapped 1,300 striking mineworkers in Bisbee, Arizona, their supporters and bystanders, deported them via a 16 hour train ride across the desert with no food and little water and told them never to come back.