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TIL that after watching an episode of House M.D., a doctor from Germany learned of a patient’s previously unknown hip replacement and correctly diagnosed them with cobalt poisoning, saving their life.

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RWoQ TIL that the smallest Hawaiian Island, widely known as The Forbidden Isle, is owned by two brothers that inherited from their great-great-grandmother who purchased it from King Kamehameha V for $10,000 in gold. They have turned down all offers to sell it including $1 billion from the U.S. government
oBARW TIL that Saif ad din qutz was enslaved by the Mongols and sold in the Syrian slave market and then to Egyptian sultan. Rising to prominence under the Sultan, he became the grand vizier and decisively defeated the Mongols at the battle of Ain el jut and halted the Mongol conquest
Braxk TIL That between the 14th-19th centuries, due to their early invention and love of ceramics, no glass was produced in China. Due to this, they were left behind in the progression of sciences and didn’t have things like glass windows and mirrors.
KOVe9 TIL in 1972 David Duke was charged with stealing campaign funds he had raised for presidential candidate George Wallace. He was also charged with filling glass containers with a flammable liquid, banned under a New Orleans ordinance. Both charges were eventually dropped.
6E5A7 TIL When an earthquake hit Los Angeles in 1994 knocking out power to the entire city, many anxious residents called 911 to report seeing a strange “giant, silvery cloud” in the dark night sky. What they really saw – for the first time – was the Milky Way