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TIL that snail mucus is used as a cosmetic skin treatment.

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BgGk TIL The Superman Radio Show of the 1940’s Exposed the KKK’s Secrets, Leading to Public Ridicule.
4kXY6 TIL about Operation Rocky Top, an FBI investigation in 1986 to uncover illegal activities in charity bingo including the sale of illegal bingo licenses. In the end over 50 were convicted. Seven politicians were incarcerated which included the leader of the House of Representatives in Tennessee
KYKAa TIL that for centuries, tuberculosis was thought to be hereditary, or caused by malnutrition, harsh climate, etc. It wasn’t until 1865 that French military doctor Jean-Antoine Villemin proved that TB was an infectious disease by inoculating lab rabbits with material from infected humans and cattle
vPBeD TIL since 1881 people have been working on the Swiss Idiotikon a dictionary of Swiss German words. The word "Idiotikon" is a term derived from the Greek idios "separate, proper, private" for a dictionary that lists the vocabulary "peculiar" to a particular landscape.
e0JMb TIL William Huntington Russell co-founder of the secretive Skull and Bones fatally ruptured a blood vessel protecting some birds from rocks thrown by some boys.