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TIL that “Adrenalin” is a pharmaceutical trade name. The scientific name for the hormone generated by the Adrenal gland is Epinephrine.

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wRv6 TIL of Julie D’Aubigny who was a 17th century bisexual French opera singer and fencing master who fought and won at least ten life-or-death duels, performed nightly shows on the biggest opera stage in the world and once took the Holy Orders just so that she could sneak into a convent and shag a nun.
ANWm4 TIL an originator of the lobotomy procedure, António Egas Moniz, received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1949. Since then the Nobel Foundation has not rescinded the award, and in fact there is still an article active from the foundation defending the award.
yVlQl TIL the @ symbol was invented in 1536. 435 years before email.
p85QO TIL about Prince Rupert's Drop, also called Batavian tears, a piece of glass in a shape of a long drop which is strong enough to shatter a bullet. This piece of glass and its qualities have been known for at least 300 years.
XEM4D TIL Walt Disney himself voiced Mickey Mouse from his premiere in 1928 until 1946 when Walt became too busy to do it.