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TIL of the story of a GP who disguised himself as a nurse to inject methyl iodide into his mother's partner, which resulted in necrotising fasciitis

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R5bK6 TIL that there are over 20 known states of matter, not just solid, liquid, gas and plasma
VMNG0 TIL that in the 1920 Presidential election (the first where women were allowed to vote), only 36% of eligible women turned up at the polls, partly due to barriers like poll taxes and literacy tests, both of which are now illegal.
OVX TIL twin brothers Jim & Jim were separated at birth and raised in different families, and each married women called Linda, got divorced and remarried women called Betty. Both men had a son called ‘James’ and owned a dog called 'Toy’.
Wk8W8 TIL: The north american division of the Dutch Rabobank paid $360M in fines and pleads guilty to laundering money for mexican cartels.