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TIL that in 1998, workers restoring Benjamin Franklin’s home uncovered the remains of 10 people; researchers suspect that a house-guest of Franklin smuggled in dead bodies to use for anatomical research and buried them in the basement

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lPV1 TIL that the ratio of CEO pay to average worker is 475:1 in the United States. It is 11:1 in Japan and 12:1 in Germany.
E1NDd TIL of people who drill holes into their skulls and advocate the health benefits. They call it "Trepanning" and believe it can benefit brain health and mood disorders. Two men in Utah were charged for performing the procedure on a woman without a medical license. There is no evidence of benefit.
6DbZ TIL that a man has trained bees to make honey from marijuana
VMM4 TIL Rats, when orally administered fullerenes, lived nearly 100% longer without negative effects
V5J4 TIL there is an optical microscope which is assembled from a single piece of paper and a lens, costing less than $1 to build. It can magnify up to 2000 times and weighs 8 grams.