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TIL Semmelweis (1818-1865) guessed the importance of asepsis to fight puerperal fever: he proposed to wash hands before visiting pregnant women. However, his colleagues didn't believe him because microbiology and germs were not yet discovered and Semmelweis couldn't prove definitely his theory.

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VWP0 TIL that according to neuroscientist ‘Sam Harris’; humans are just robots without real freewill, and that our brain activity can been used to predict our decisions up to 10 seconds before we become consciously aware of it.
eY7n TIL Three years ago an elderly care home in California was shut down leaving many residents with nowhere to go or care for them. After the rest of the staff left, a cook and a janitor decided to stay behind and, upaid, they looked after them 24/7.
rN0MM TIL that people with depression tend to see the world in less saturated colors due to changes in the retina’s response to contrast.
ANOp7 TIL about a Cervical cerclage. It is a treatment for cervical weakness, when the cervix starts to shorten and open too early during a pregnancy causing either a late miscarriage or preterm birth.
LQyvP TIL that coffee was originally consumed as wine, when coffee beans were first discovered in Ethiopia, they were fermented and consumed as a type of wine. It wasn't until later that the practice of roasting and brewing the beans as we know it today emerged.