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TIL Rats, when orally administered fullerenes, lived nearly 100% longer without negative effects

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rRkN1 TIL when the ship the HMS Guardian struck an iceberg in 1789, its captain decided to stay on it with 62 people. 259 left in boats. However, the captain was able to save the ship and sail back to land. It took 9 weeks, but everyone on the ship made it. Of the 259 that left, only 15 survived.
6EBKY TIL about the origin of the term “decimation”. It was a punishment in the Roman Army where soldiers were spilt into groups of 10, straws were drawn and whoever drew the short straw was clubbed, stabbed or stoned to death by the remaining 9. The first recorded instance of this is from 478 BC.
99WG TIL that in 1982, Wisconsin (of all states) became the very first state in the U.S. to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. Not only that, the law was signed by a Republican governor, who said “there is nothing more private or intimate than those who you live with and who you love.”
e4BD TIL: Native Americans serving in the Marine Corps are allowed to use Peyote for religious ceremonies as long as they are not on duty or within 24 hours of being ready to ship out.
8eGwV TIL, there are elements named Darmstadtium, Hassium, Germanium and Europium which are named after the city of Darmstadt which is in Hesse, which is in Germany, which is in Europe respectively.