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TIL The Nobel Prize committee has never rescinded the prize given to Egas Moniz for the invention of lobotomies

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jEKR TIL The US Navy still operates wooden ships.
VMRYB TIL Eating a polar bear liver will kill you, because it is overloaded with vitamin A which is far too toxic for humans
7rWmP TIL The term "Boycott" came from the Irish Land War when absentee landlord Captain Charles Boycott was subject to social ostracism in 1880 when he attempted to evict eleven tenants from the land
Zk5p TIL Neanderthals had much better teeth than humans due to having an almost entirely carbohydrate free diet.
N7Grb TIL dry counties (counties where the sale of alcohol is banned) have a drunk driving fatality rate ~3.6 times higher than wet counties.