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TIL that doctors before the eleventh century would drink the urine of their patients to determine whether or not they had diabetes. A sugary taste indicated the person was diabetic.

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4X0PR TIL Royal Bank of Canada has a program that draws students for a summer-long challenge to develop solutions to real-world business problems, like detecting sophisticated cyber bots. The bank files patents to protect the technology and use students' innovation in their business
GAalN TIL about Young Tom Morris, the first golf prodigy in history and a pioneer in the sport. In 1864 at the age of13 he beat his father, who was the reigning Scottish Open Champion at the time, in a friendly match. At the age of 17 he became the youngest champion ever. He died at the age of 24.
XEwG8 TIL - Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur. The stripes are like fingerprints and no two tigers have the same pattern.
mxDwP TIL that in 1923 Goodyear Tire created a subsidiary known as the Goodyear Zeppelin Company to manufacture airships, and between 1923 and 1995 it made over three hundred zeppelins.
GAya7 TIL pilot whales actively confront orcas and most interactions result in the orcas leaving the area.