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TIL of the Milkshake Duck phenomenon, where a person gains popularity on social media for some positive trait but is later discovered to have a distasteful history or to engage in offensive behavior.

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gad7 TIL that Dr. Armand Trousseau, who first identified the link between blood clots and cancer [called Trousseau Syndrome], died of cancer soon after finding a blood clot in his leg; thus, self-diagnosing, suffering and succumbing to the very disease he discovered and named after himself.
aAvo TIL: By growing algae in water, Scientists have found a way to produce bio fuel, without the need of the agricultural land needed to feed the population.
gDp8 TIL John Wayne was such a vocal anti-communist that Joseph Stalin contemplated having him assassinated.
XEBjQ TIL All about the DISCO DEMOLITION of 1979, wherein disco-hating White Sox fans were invited to witness a disco-filled dumpster explode in center field before a game. The game never happened and the visiting team won.
P179w TIL India has the 3rd largest Muslim population, nearly as large (86%) as that of Pakistan, and more than twice the Muslim population of Iran.