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7DlZ TIL that ancient egyptians used moldy bread as treatment for infected burn wounds, possibly already utilizing the antibiotic effects of molds accidently discovered by Alexander Fleming.
6bxw TIL a lack of toilets costs India more than $50 billion a year, mostly through premature deaths and hygiene-related diseases.
d8k47 TIL that Boston Corbett, the soldier who killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth, was devoutly religious and amongst other things castrated himself with a pair of scissors in 1858, believing it would help him resist temptation by women and get into heaven.
VMXWk TIL a number of Norwegian cities donate Christmas trees to cities all over the UK, as a symbol of gratitude for British help and friendship during WWII.
QNPy6 Til about Storegga landslides, series of submarine landslides in the Norwegian Sea that triggered massive tsunamis that hit the British isles between 2000 and 8000 years ago.