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TIL that there are six Islamic countries where a judge can sentence you to be stoned to death.

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WkNZY TIL that Doctor Min Chiu Li was fired from the NIH in the 1950s because he gave chemotherapy to patients even after their tumors appeared to be gone. After firing him, the NIH discovered the long-term survival rates for his patients were far superior to conventional treatments.
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