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TIL that in 2009, during a bar fight in Dublin, a man had his hand cut off with a samurai sword. He proceeded to punch his attacker in the face with the stump.

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YpNov TIL the Hungarian physician Semmelweis proved that doctors washing their hands (not yet standard for mid-19th century Europe) greatly reduced hospital maternal mortality.As germs weren't discovered yet,he was ridiculed & later dismissed from his post. He mentally broke down & died in a mental asylum
6rew TIL the original ‘Teddy Bear’ was inspired by a cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt sparing a wounded bear while on a hunting trip. Based on this success, in the next election, William Taft supporters tried and failed to popularize a stuffed possum associated with their candidate.
w1x1 TIL - Meerkat sentries will climb just about anything to get a better view of their surroundings…including cameramen.
gJKL TIL of the cesium test. To test if an old bottle of wine is genuine it is tested for cesium 137. If there is none present, the bottle predates 1945 and the nuclear age.
WkRb8 TIL that the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) was originally called the WWF, until they lost a court case to the World Wildlife Fund over the initials "WWF"