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TIL of abortion doping, the practice of purposefully inducing pregnancy for athletic performance-enhancing benefits, then aborting the unwanted pregnancy.

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kJ0W7 TIL that "The Iodine State" was South Carolina's nickname in the 1930s and even on license plates, in an effort to promote the state's vegetables as having more healthy iodine than other other state's vegetables
5Vomr TIL there is research by the Japan Psychotronics Institute on the possibility of creating matter from consciousness.
Zpv0o TIL that scientists used a dating method to show a Viking ax cut trees on the North American continent exactly 1000 years ago, in 1021 C.E. This dating method uses a spike in solar radiation that left a mark in tree rings around the world. This proves the Vikings arrived before Christopher Columbus.
dgmK TIL that some black bears are born white and are called Spirit Bears. They are not albino or polar bears.
8a9l8 TIL actor Oliver Reed died during a break from shooting Gladiator after winning a drinking match with British sailors. He "drank eight pints of German lager, a dozen shots of rum, half a bottle of whiskey and a few shots of Hennessy" and beat five young sailors at arm wrestling before collapsing.