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TIL: The Nuremburg Code stipulates "voluntary, informed consent" for research participants, and experiments that might lead to death/disability are unacceptable. U.S.A. violated The Code throughout the 1950-70s w/ large scale releases of bacteria in NYC subway, on PA Turnpike, and National Airport.

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NVkP TIL in WWII, Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä, (nicknamed “White Death”) sniped over 542 Soviet Soldiers in 100 days, all the while using only his rifle’s iron sights; no scope.
p4oZ TIL that Les Stroud claims he may have encountered a “bigfoot” on two occasions while filming Survivorman
99vr TIL the word “whiskey” comes from a Gaelic phrase meaning “water of life”
76RM TIL that Buddhism was adopted in the Indo-Greek kingdom upto 200 years before it was spread to East Asia
4kDON TIL Garry Hoy, a Canadian lawyer who attempted to prove that the building's glass windows were unbreakable by throwing himself against the glass. The glass did not break when he hit it, but the window frame gave way and Hoy fell to his death.