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TIL cellphones are 10 times dirtier than toilet seats

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AZng TIL that tampons were originally designed for bullet wounds
rNaNW TIL about Chesterton’s Fence- the rule of thumb that says one shouldn’t alter, destroy, or remove something established and present- whether a physical object or structure, or something more abstract like laws, rules, and traditions- without first understanding why it’s there in the first place.
RPe1 TIL in 2014, a Michigan Oncologist was convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison after it was discovered that he had bilked 553 cancer patients for millions by over-treating, under-treating, misdiagnosing, and even administering treatment to people that never had cancer in the first place.
R7jOa TIL Jesse Owens gave 1 of his 4 Olympic gold medals to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, he gavethe other 3 to a hotel owner in Philadelphia to pay for his outstanding bill at the hotel, and one of his medals sold for $615,000 in Dec 2019.
ADNjo TIL The book 'A Clockwork Orange' Had Two Different Versions, an American one and a European one, because the US publisher thought Americans would find the the idea of a criminal being redeemed unrealistic