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TIL In May 1953, scientists in the British Ministry of Defence tested the nerve-gas sarin on the 20-year-old Ronald Maddison, who had unwittingly volunteered for the experiment thinking it would involve some very minor tests.

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ydda TIL the biggest church in the world is located in Ivory Coast, Africa.
a8nXJ TIL In 1934, Lucky Strike staged a “Green Ball” at New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria, with every intention of making green, the then-color of a Lucky Strike pack, more fashionable for women.
AkWn TIL Australian man Bill Morgan, after suffering a heart attack leaving him clinically dead for 14 minutes, won a car off a lottery ticket, then during a re-enactment won $250,000.
k9Lg TIL that Stephen King has made large charitable donations without announcing them because he was “raised firmly to believe that if you give away money and you make a big deal of it so that everybody sees it, that’s hubris. (…) you’re not supposed to make a big deal about it.”
BrZ9L TIL that in 1916 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote, and anyone voting yes would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.