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TIL that Dr. Anthony S. Faucci is on the editorial Board for Harrison's Manual of Medicine. A widely used and acclaimed text book for medical professionals.

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B8Dx TIL: It is a common tactic in Scrabble to use words NOT in the dictionary, which is a legal move as long as the other player doesn’t call you out
DQdZj TIL about Albert Severin Roche, a distinguished French soldier who was found sleeping during duty and sentenced to death for it. A messenger arrived right before his execution and told the true story: Albert had crawled 10 hours under fire to rescue his captain and then collapsed from exhaustion.
BrnNK TIL that the 1985 discovery of the TITANIC was actually part of a top secret US government program. The mission was to investigate two US nuclear submarines that sank in the 1960's. Discovering the Titanic was just a cover story.
0ly5 TIL Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded prison system a novel way to shorten their sentences – cutting four days for every book they read.
8768 TIL that diesel fuel turns into a gel at low temperatures, and cannot flow into the engine. This is why some school close when the temperature is low enough to turn the fuel into a gel, preventing the buses from running.