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Short answer: At least one in 50 scientists is doing something fishy

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OwQg TIL more than 130 years after Darwin suggested that a large moth pollinated an African orchid, his 1862 hypothesis was confirmed. Darwin had postulated the existence of an otherwise unknown species of insect based purely on the size of the flower and his understanding of evolution and ecology.
awBvo TIL that Hugh Glass was left for dead after being mauled by a grizzly bear. After regaining consciousness, he set his broken leg, allowed maggots to eat his dead flesh to prevent gangrene, and made his way back to civilization over the course of 6 weeks, surviving on mostly roots and berries .
oQPL TIL in 1512, a horribly deformed baby was born in the city of Ravenna, and then was starved to death by order of the Pope
y4Ja TIL: Jesus’ name translated from Hebrew to English would be ‘Joshua’. We get the name 'Jesus’ by translating the Hebrew name to Greek to Latin to English.
ElMp TIL the band Panic! at the Disco started out as a Blink-182 cover band