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TIL Einstein’s first wife was the only female in the University of Zurich’s physics department. She was not considered a beauty by her classmates and walked with a limp due to a congenital hip defect

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yVdRJ TIL of The Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Disaster where 100’s of workers died from silicosis after being forced to mine silica without the proper protective equipment. It was the deadliest industrial incident in US history. The site was owned by Union Carbide Corp.
e0dn5 TIL the original drafts of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory included a child named Herpes
KO1LJ TIL Oral sex linked to Bacterial Vaginosis.
xZVg TIL: There’s an island called Monkey Island off the coast of Puerto Rico, where the monkeys naturally have Herpes B, which can kill humans. So the first rule of Monkey Island is “don’t get peed on”.
4Xg6b TIL in 1961, Marvel introduced the Fantastic Four. They were considered unconventional at the time because they were flawed characters who squabbled, held grudges, and sought celebrity.