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TIL: The US Military Secretly Sprayed Radioactive Materials On Blacks In St. Louis

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pYRKO TIL that a component of the immune system is defensins ('defense' + '-in', which is the suffix for anything protein related). They are proteins with antimicrobial properties and can kill microbes directly, which can be an alternative for antibiotics.
p8PNA TIL due to rumours that his film "Cannibal Holocaust" showed real deaths, director Ruggero Deodato was accused of murder. The charges were dropped after the four allegedly-dead actors were interviewed for a television show and Deodato explained his special effects in court.
Rxy9 TIL Quentin Tarantino considered ‘The Matrix’ the second best movie since he started directing, but he considered the sequels so bad that he had to downgrade it.
QRgX TIL the daughters of Nicholas II were wearing so many diamonds when killed that they were partially protected from the bullets, delaying their deaths
Oo5vL TIL the word "aint" was added into Webster's Dictionary in 1993, meaning it's been considered a legal word for over 26 years