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TIL the government tested Aids drugs on foster children

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MZla TIL that the record for a ‘polyglot’ (person fluent in multiple languages), is held by a 19th century British Governor to Hong Kong - who could fluently speak 100 languages and was familiar with approximately 200. The greatest living multi-linguist speaks 39.
epyJ5 TIL James Doohan (Star Trek's 'Scotty') stormed Juno beach on D-Day as a Canadian army Lieutenant, and was shot 6 times that evening by friendly fire, losing a finger.
Wke7X TIL harmless bacteria called Pseudomonas and Proteus can make your dogs paws smell like popcorn and corn chips.
xDLg TIL that Martin Van Buren was the only president that did not have English as his first language. He spoke Dutch.
WWpY TIL that in a 1000 person test IBM’s Watson found treatment options in 30% of cancer patients that doctors had missed. Part of Watson’s insight comes from his ability to read all research papers that are published each year, a feat no single person could possibly do.