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TIL The earliest defibrillation was done on a chicken in 1775
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TIL The Agathis species of coniferous trees was mostly wiped out in the dinosaur extinction event, but 300M+ years from its start, is used to make furniture and ukeleles.
ep0RE
TIL the term for bad breath, halitosis, was popularised by Listerine to sell more mouth wash. Also that Listerine used to make cigarettes!
v17dr
TIL Buddha noticed that the food offered by a blacksmith named Cunda was spoiled, but he didn't want to make Cunda feel bad and so he ate it. The Buddha then fell sick and died.
X0paR
TIL that from 1959-67, the US had a quasi-secret military base in Greenland built in tunnels dug under the snow. Camp Century was a scientific research station on arctic bases, but was really a cover for a second strike nuclear launch site.
0wP4M
TIL Germany lost the First World War in major part because of underdeveloped agriculture and over reliance on import of food (the British Navy blocked it when the conflict began; learnt from the book "Cities" by John Reader)