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TIL During the 50's and 60's, Dr. Chester M. Southam injected patients and prisoners with cancer cells (HeLa cells) for research without their consent. He was reported and suspended for a year despite a cover up attempt. He later became President of the American Association for Cancer Research.

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pYmDp TIL that pro wrestler Jorge "Giant" González, who was billed at 8' tall during his career, is the tallest Argentinian who ever lived, and the overall third tallest person from South America throughout all of recorded history
JYLdQ TIL Saladin (of crusader-era fame) ordered an elaborate pulpit to be installed in the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem) during the 12th century. Over 900 years later, it was destroyed in an arson attack by an Australian man who then spent 5 years in an Israeli mental institution before being deported.
AZEB TIL the store is called “Safeway” because they did not offer credit as a way of purchase so that families couldn’t get into debt buying groceries. A common occurrence in Great Depression America.
rRxgM TIL of leblouh, the practice of force-feeding young girls, in African countries where obesity is regarded as desirable. Older women called "fatteners" force the girls to consume enormous quantities of food and liquid, inflicting pain on them if they do not eat and drink.
xrjb TIL in Greek Mythology, the God ‘Phosphorus’ represented the planet Venus, or the 'Morning Star’, as the Bringer of Light. The Latin translation of Phosphorus is Lucifer.