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TIL that dishwasher fish is a fish dish made by wrapping salmon in aluminum foil and putting it in the dishwasher for a whole cycle.

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lOR5 TIL of megalithic ruins in Indonesia that push human civilization as far back as 20,000 bce, before the end of the last ice age.
x6Ek7 TIL: The only Congressional Medal of Honor not presented publicly at the White House and not by the President was Captain William McGonagle's medal for his actions during the 1967 attack on his ship
W700d TIL the first modern pharmaceutical medicine was invented in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, a German who extracted the main active chemical from opium in his laboratory and named it morphine, after the Greek god of sleep
E1yKX TIL the summit of Mt. Everest has just become another "tourist spot" for the rich and you can go despite having no prior mountain climbing experience
vPyjx TIL of Inalchuq, a governor of the Khwarezmian Empire who appropriated and slaughtered a Mongolian Caravan in 1218, and sold its goods. Protected and supported by his Sultan, his actions would lead to the subjugation and near-genocide of his entire empire and people.