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TIL that the 1983 Dodge Caravan was the first car with built in cup holders

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9YAAp TIL Pharmacologist and biochemist Gertrude Belle Elion helped develop drugs for treating leukemia, malaria, herpes, and AIDS. She shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine despite never having completed her PhD.
oY0E TIL that during the Normandy Allied Invasion Bill Millin, a Scottish Piper, played his bagpipes as he walked the beach while the carnage erupted around him. He later asked captured German prisoners why they hadn’t shot at him. They said they thought he was on a suicide mission and was clearly mad.
RP96 TIL that “Adrenalin” is a pharmaceutical trade name. The scientific name for the hormone generated by the Adrenal gland is Epinephrine.
nDwr TIL The Band “311” chose to use the local police code for indecent exposure as their name after a band member was arrested for streaking
p8VNZ TIL Biomarkers in human sperm have been identified that can indicate a tendency to father children with autism spectrum disorder