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TIL that in the days after hurricane Katrina, doctors at Memorial Hospital NOLA, began to euthanize patients that were deemed too sick to save.

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xgvk TIL that there is a 4000 year old clay tablet which is a customer’s letter complaining about sub-standard copper and wanting a refund.
XanD TIL That when Walter Keane was sued by his wife Margaret for claiming to be the painter of the “big eye waif” children, she personally created a painting in 53 minutes in the court room to prove her accusation.
oano TIL a small part of the brain that controls sexual behavior is twice as large in men than in women, except for gay men. A human study found that in most gay men, this area is significantly smaller than in straight men. The same phenomenon has been found in homosexual rams.
R5LAa TIL Because tungsten and gold have almost identical weights, fake gold bars and coins made from tungsten cannot be identified by the usual method of density testing, and ultrasound has to be used instead.
W7d0B TIL that Edgar Allan Poe became a writer after a failed military career. He enlisted in the US Army in 1827. He failed as a cadet at West Point, and declared his intention to become a writer. His first works (a collection of poems) were written while in the Army