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TIL about medical maggot teabag therapy - Maggot bags are used to clean away dead tissue while ignoring living flesh, while secreting antimicrobial molecules that disinfect the wound. They are proving useful against the rise of bacteria that's resistant to several widely used antibiotics.

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kJWMm TIL there's a 4 gallon aquarium in France that mimics the conditions of an ocean zone that's over a mile under sea level
5wJr TIL Andre the Giant had surgery, but the doctors could not figure out how much anesthesia to use due to his size. They instead used Andre’s claim that “it usually takes two liters of vodka just to make me feel warm inside” as their guide.
4XmQa TIL after a storming a hijacked plane and killing/capturing the hijackers, Israel worked for 5 years to purchase the aircraft, then converted it to a spyplane
4D5a TIL that in classical Athens, the punishment for sleeping with another man’s wife was to be publicly sodomized with a spicy radish.
pY7bG TIL: Wham! was the 1st western pop act to ever perform in China, documenting the trip in the movie Wham! in China: Foreign Skies. Before the duo took the stage in Beijing, Chinese officials warned the audience that dancing was forbidden and then hauled away anyone caught dancing during the concert.