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TIL Thomas Edison was obsessed with concrete and planned to build houses by pouring concrete into a single mold, including fixtures like the bathtub

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pYeYG TIL that Barry Marshall drank a broth of cultured H. pylori to prove that the bacteria caused stomach ulcers. Expecting to develop ulcers years down the road, he instead developed symptoms in three days; within two weeks, he needed antibiotics due to the bacterial colonization and inflammation.
7NlZ TIL that there is little research to support the existence of learning styles.
d6RQ TIL Ecuador are going to sell a third of its Amazon rainforest to Chinese oil companies.
xVNxo TIL A German u-boat was sunk by it's own toilet in WW2