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TIL that the anticoagulant coumadin (aka warfarin) was derived from a substance found in moldy clover that was killing cattle. The name "warfarin" comes from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), which sponsored the research.

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5DWn TIL that Pia Farrenkopf died in 2009… But her body wasn’t discovered until 2014, largely because she had auto-pay set up for her bills. Her mummified body was found in the garage of her newly foreclosed home only after her bank account finally ran dry.
Eg9Ww TIL Mitt Romney's dad George was given a McDonald's for Life card from founder Ray Kroc
GvPJ TIL that Edward Packard came up with the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books when he told stories to his children, and allowed them to decide what the character did, and went on to sell of 250 million books.
b6EX4 TIL Medieval Peasants generally received anywhere from eight weeks to a half-year off. At the time, the Church considered frequent and mandatory holidays the key to keeping a working population from revolting.
mxoWY TIL that a service Belgian Malinois was suspected of mauling a Pomeranian to death and ordered euthanized but was freed after DNA testing proved he was not the perpetrator