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TIL about the death of Gloria Ramirez, also known as ‘The Toxic Lady’, whose blood’s exposure caused 5 medical staff to be hospitalized and 23 to experience symptoms

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7rBr7 TIL The band Foo Fighters was named after the term foo fighter which was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific theaters of operations.
DLWr TIL that former Saints Safety Darren Sharper was already accused of rape in Nevada, Louisiana and Arizona when he was finally arrested for drugging and raping two women in Los Angeles. Investigators around the nation repeatedly failed to follow up on leads and test rape kits.
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Eg16X TIL - Onions have more DNA than humans
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