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TIL that there are birds that drink blood

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vPPBD TIL of Mary Jane Seacole, a British -Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who set up the "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War arguably practicing nursing hygiene before Florence Nightingale
d8W9j TIL about a Chinese dentist from a small village who was put on trial for malicious slander and executed, for comparing a mango to a sweet potato.
mxwpR TIL that Michael Jordan turned down MLB offer from Oakland A's so he could 'do the baseball thing from the ground up'
OGEWe TIL That King Baldwin IV was one of the most effective leaders and warriors on the battlefield during the crusades, putting a check on Saladin’s forces multiple times. This is despite being afflicted with leprosy and dying at age 24.
8NNV TIL When Stephen Hawking was in California, he visited a strip club with his entourage of nurses and got VIP dances on the bed with two naked strippers