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TIL that the main ingredient of Pepto Bismol, Bismuth Subsalicylate, was first used not only to prevent life threatening diarrhea from Cholera, but as a surface disinfectant because of its bactericidal properties. The medicine kills bacteria colonizing the intestinal mucosa that cause stomach upset.

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woGWJ TIL Peter Davidson who played the fifth Dr Who, and Sandra Dickinson who played Trillian in The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy have a daughter, Georgia Tennant, who portrayed the daughter of the tenth Doctor Who, and later married the actor who played him.
R7Zm8 TIL The Noid was discontinued after Kenneth Lamar Noid, believing the mascot to be an imitation of him, held two Domino's employees hostage in Chamblee,Georgia. The employees escaped while Noid ate a pizza he had ordered. Noid was eventually diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and commited suicide
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v1eO8 TIL Empress Irene of the Byzantine Empire, among other things, became empress by winning a beauty contest, after her husband died became the first empress to rule in her own right in Byzantine History, and blinded her own son in order to retain power.