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TIL that the Chinese have developed a type of rice that can survive on seawater

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W7oyN TIL of Charley Goldman, a boxing trainer who is credited with turning Rocky Marciano from an apparently unimpressive specimen, into an undefeated world champion.
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eyo5 TIL that in order to prove that the bacteria H. pylori could cause stomach ulcers, an Australian doctor named Barry J. Marshall drank a culture of H. pylori, developed an ulcer, and successfully treated it with antibiotics. He won a Nobel Prize for it in 2005.
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