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TIL during the “Tuskegee syphilis experiment” the US Public Health Services studied the natural progression of untreated syphilis despite the “cure” being widely available

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Bg7NK TIL that the English artist L. S. Lowry (1887–1976), famous for his paintings depicting industrial scenes in England's North West, holds the record for the most British honours rejected, declining them on five occasions, including a knighthood in 1968.
lVL7 TIL Wolverines are being trained to rescue people from avalanches.
Bd5K TIL that in 1991 Spacewatch discovered an artificial body near earth that is now listed on the NASA Astrophysics data system as a possible alien probe that was observed in the vicinity of our planet. Its orbit will bring it back to earth in 2016.
j6d5Q TIL that of the nine muses, eight were goddesses of arts or humanities, but the ninth, Urania, was goddess of astronomy
ADRyl TIL Thailand’s Spirits Have a Taste for Red Fanta. The gods and spirits are offered the strawberry flavored drink which is a mainstay at most shrines and spirit-houses.