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TIL about Dr. Chester Southam who injected live cancer cells into people with questionable ability to consent, including senile patients under long-term care. He was charged with unprofessional conduct and later went on to become President of the American Association for Cancer Research

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ADLV4 TIL Alexei Leonov, the first man to perform a spacewalk, almost wasn't able to get back in the capsule as his suit had expanded in the vacuum of space. Many problems plagued the mission including a poor landing 240mi off course forcing the 2 man crew to survive for 2 days in the freezing wilderness.
kbBB TIL that the Pyrenean Ibex is the only animal thus far to have gone extinct twice.
78LyM TIL that fish eggs can survive after passing through a waterfowl's digestive system. This provides a good explanation of how fish can populate closed bodies of water like lakes
R5x6a TIL The oldest known museum was built sometime around 530 B.C, by a Neo-Babylonian princess named Ennigaldi-Nanna. Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum displayed artifacts from earlier eras of Mesopotamian history, going back as far as the 20th century B.C.
kJ1nm TIL about "job fishing" - setting up fake companies, making up fake employee profiles and hiring people for positions that don't exist. Madbird is an example of the con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency