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TIL scientists used a medieval recipe for a salve including wine, garlic, and oxgall mixed for 9 days to successfully kill MRSA bacteria

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Eako TIL Michelangelo didn’t want to paint the Sistine Chapel and only did so because he was ordered by the Pope. This was arranged by a rival who wanted Michelangelo to fail and get banished from Rome.
PYM7E TIL that since Dunkaroos were discontinued in the US in 2012, they are being smuggled into the country by Canadians called ‘Smugglaroos’
PWkg TIL The Economist received a letter from Boston protesting their usage of “niggardly,” an adjective meaning stingy or miserly, because it sounded like the racial slur. The magazine, based in Britain, responded with, “Why do we get such letters only from America?”
VQLZ TIL that the number of fires in the US declined more than 50% from 1981 to 2011, due to reduced smoking and fire-resistant materials, and that only 5% of calls for firefighters are now fires
wLnd7 TIL That American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.