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TIL in 1996, a patient with gender dysphoria was successfully treated using pimozide

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9wkrD TIL that the civilian ship pilot in Dunkirk is based off a real person - Charles Lightoller, the second officer of the Titanic who sailed his own ship to save 127 servicemen at Dunkirk
E14Mo TIL 14 years prior to Titanic sinking, the book Futility told the story of an unsinkable ship "Titan" which also struck an iceberg on it's starboard side in the North Atlantic on an April night. The fictitious ship closely matched the Titanic's length, weight, speed, capacity, and lack of lifeboats.
e0eME TIL The saw used to cut off a cast cannot cut human skin. The saw vibrates rather than rotating which can be absorbed by the skin but splits the cast.
rNloe TIL The brown color of feces comes from the pigment bilirubin, and old red blood cell breakdown. It is yellowish and also excreted in the urine due to high water solubility.
LkZPP TIL that Laika (The first dog in space), did not die peacefully to lack of oxygen like the Russians said. Decades later, it was revealed that instead she died in panic thanks to a heat shield malfunction a couple of hours after launch.