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TIL Gandhi refused to let doctors administer penicillin to his wife, which led to her death, yet accepted quinine to save his life…

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XEglE TIL: Horseshoe crab has 10 eyes. Some detect both visible & UV light and some help find mates during the spawning season.. The eyes are a million times more sensitive to light at night than day. They've been around for 450 million years, are not crabs actually and more related to spiders.
epOdL TIL the last webpage Anthony Bourdain viewed was a prostitution service before killing himself, and that he frequently solicited prostitutes
VBKkD TIL at a minimum an estimated 11% of Adults aged 15 to 49 in South Africa have HIV/AIDS, with a high estimation of 23%.. approx. one in ten, to one in five people; respectively.
JYgPk TIL tigers can seek revenge when they have been wronged and are very vengeful
QJRva TIL In 1988, "R, S, T, L, N, E" were the letters the chosen for Wheel of Fortune's bonus round as nearly 45% of the English language contains atleast one of these consonants .