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TIL In France, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand, and Sweden have strict-baby naming laws and reject names they deem “unfit”

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P5Ae TIL in 1891, William Coley showed that spontaneous remission of cancer could be induced using toxins which model a bacterial infection. Despite treating over 1000 individuals and curing some patients with end-stage cancer, the last recorded use of this therapy was in China in the 1980s.
eJXb TIL In 1986 approximately 6.5 million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes along a path across the contiguous United States.
0wPlM TIL carrot leaves are edible and highly nutritious.
R54ea TIL Confectioners glaze, a common glaze on candy, is made from insect secretions
KopQ TIL in 1969, GM experimented with steam power and even built a steam powered Chevelle