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TIL Switzerland has accidentally invaded Liechtenstein twice

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ADM7w TIL Plague doctors rarely cured their patients and weren't licensed medical doctors; instead, they served to count the number of people infected with the plague for demographic purposes.
OoAbg TIL that Davinder Singh of New Delhi, India broke a Guinness World Record in 2017 for typing fast with his nose, managing to type a 17-word English sentence in just over 40 seconds.
DQ4pg TIL the band Grateful Dead got its name in 1965 after Jerry Garcia found the term in the Britannica World Language Dictionary along with the definition "the soul of a dead person, or his angel, showing gratitude to someone who, as an act of charity, arranged their burial".
b9W0Z TIL the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics said that there is no evidence to support the use of detox diets for weight management or toxin elimination, & that considering the financial costs and potential health risks of them, they should be discouraged by health professionals.
nPeP TIL John Lennon referenced his beating women in the lyrics to Getting Better. In a Playboy interview he said. “I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.”“