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TIL two billion people in the world suffer from iron deficiency (anemia) and that this can be solved by putting a little iron fish into one’s cooking pot.

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0weVR TIL spiral staircases in medieval castles were deliberately made clockwise because it diminished the ability of attackers to properly swing their swords, since right-handed fighters would have had to to contend with the walls while making their striking motions.
DyZV TIL of Stanley Meyer who claimed to invent a water fuel cell which would allow cars to be powered by water. In 1998, while dining with 2 supposed investors, Meyer ran outside saying “They poisoned me” and died.
XEjR8 TIL Lamborghini registered the unique motion of how the doors of their cars opened as a motion trademark.
GYoM5 TIL an Archaeologist from Florida found what he believed to be an Ancient Roman ship off the coast of Brazil. The Brazilian Navy then banned all underwater exploration, expelled the archaeologist from the country, and buried his dive location under tonnes of silt.
j6LjM TIL that, after spending 5 days reviewing the case of the infamous "Toy Box Killer", the FBI Agent assigned to the case, Patty Rust, went home, took out her service pistol, and shot herself in the head.