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TIL that “Unabomber” Ted Kacynzski is still writing from his prison cell scholarly articles with hundreds of citations

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9nEQ TIL that a convent of nuns in the Middle Ages began to meow like cats and others followed until all would meow together at a certain time for several hours together. This continued until the surrounding village called soldiers to force the nuns to stop their meowing.
oBEJK TIL that from 1946 to 1948, a group of doctors from the United States Public Health Service intentionally infected 1,308 people in Guatemala, including children as young as 10, with various STDs. 83 people died, but the experiments were kept secret until papers describing them were found in 2005.
rRWDe TIL in 1983, LA Dodgers pitcher Bob Welch pitched 9 shutout innings and hit a solo home run in a 1-0 win. This is the only time in baseball history this has happened
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