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TIL Civil War photographer Matthew Brady ended up destitute

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ZBwG TIL Animal Planet made a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids… twice!
kOOjE TIL of the Cistus plant which can self-ignite on fire under hot dry conditions, due to oils in its leaves.
W6XB TIL in Russia, women cannot be sentenced to life imprisonment.
lojx5 TIL after the Manchester Bombing in 2017, the Manchester Police stopped sharing information with the US after they leaked confidential information to news medias. New York Times published photographs of the bomb used and refused to apologize after the leaks.
1rW8 TIL Fracture Putty is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days. It would create an osteoconductive bone-like structure that degrades into harmless resorbable byproducts as normal bone heals.