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TIL that some soldiers' wounds began to glow after the battle of Shiloh, and this glow was associated with better survival rates. It's thought to have been caused by an antibiotic-producing bacteria.

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yVABa TIL in the Phoenix Metro area, the water utility still offers flood irrigation to homeowners. Twice per month, they will flood your entire property to 1 ft. deep for ~$0.0006/gal (homes with ~0.2 acre only pay $152.25/mo.)!
ed45 TIL that, during the 1960s, many black civil rights protesters from Detroit were ‘diagnosed’ with schizophrenia (due to their 'hostile’ and 'aggressive’ behavior) and confined to asylums. Some protesters were locked up for more than thirty years and died in custody
nwP7 TIL Nobel Prize-winning Yale University professor Robert Shiller wrote two books: one predicted the dot-com bubble and the other, the housing bubble.
grjB4 TIL One term at the signoria, the government of the republic of Florence, was only two months long. Its members were not elected but randomly selected from a pot of eligible names. During their term, the priors were required to abandon their private business and live full time at the city hall
9wJeB TIL in 2023, Heinz created a Label of Truth that shows the exact Pantone reference color of Heinz ketchup. This is so that consumers can trust that they are being served the right product. The scale measuring the color of ketchup ranges from "Heinz" to "Not Heinz" and "Is That Even Ketchup?"