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TIL Tu Youyou, a Chinese Nobel Laureate, discovered a treatment for malaria by reading an ancient Daoist text from 340 CE describing an herbal remedy for "intermittent fevers"

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mxJBE TIL that the first independent full-length film written and directed by Steven Spielberg was called "Firefight," (inspired Close Encounters) made on a budget of $500, which then 16 year old Spielberg borrowed from his father. It was shown at a local cinema one evening and it earned back its cost.
x6Oeg TIL There is an estimated number of 97 walls gates and roads called peace lines in Belfast. 67% of the deaths during the troubles happened within 500 meters of where the peace lines exist
D1RvY TIL that Australia has its own version of Yeti/Bigfoot called Yowie. This mythical creature appears in many other name in Aboriginal folklore with earliest report of sighting in 1795.
veMK TIL The theme park “Epcot” at Walt Disney World, Florida is actually an acronym. It stands for “Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow”
J1A4m TIL Maharaja Ranjitsinhji Jadeja of Jamnagar,India gave refuge to 1000 Polish children during World War II.