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TIL in the 1940s and 50s MIT scientists fed unsuspecting boys oatmeal laced with radioactive materials at a school for mentally disabled and abandoned boys

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VB18 TIL that David Vetter lived his whole 12 years in sterile “bubble”. He was “outside” less than 10 second after being removed from his mother’s womb. He never touched any human.
X09xP TIL that on January 6th, 1853, a tragic train derailment killed the 11-year-old son of Franklin Pierce, who was President-Elect of the United States at the time. His wife believed that the accident was God punishing them because Pierce ran for president against her wishes.
epVLL TIL the Great Bengal famine of 1769-71 killed 10 million people in India under Company rule. The population of Bengal declined by around a third.
PYllV TIL after returning to Earth, the Apollo 11 crew was still required to complete a US customs form for entry into Hawaii.
ZpKjQ TIL that the billionaire founder of Alibaba Jack Ma was rejected from every job he tried to apply for after college. For example, he applied to KFC and was the only person out of 24 applicants to not be hired.