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TIL a Filipino doctor discovered erythromycin but was never credited or compensated

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dkA9 TIL that “zip” from “zip code” stands for “Zone Improvement Plan”. It was implemented in 1963 as a means of streamlining the mailing system.
V74Q TIL a man saved President Ford from assassination then had his life ruined as the media outed him as gay
aeLL TIL that Earth is only “marginally” habitable. Some of the Earth-like might potentially be far more hospitable for life than Earth is.
5YKpk TIL about the Q source, a hypothetical text that, with the gospel of Mark, contain the original material that the gospels of Matthew and Luke elaborated upon. And the Q source theory got traction with the discovery of the complete copy of the gospel of Thomas in 1945.
b9rMp TIL all mammals are capable of dreaming (REM sleep), some birds and fish are cable of this also.