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TIL the “Tylenol murders” were the driving force behind tamper-resistant packaging for over-the-counter meds

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R74G9 TIL an MIT researcher was concerned about the censorship of human genitalia on extraterrestrial messages, so he recorded & transmitted the sound of ballerinas' vaginas contracting. The Air Force terminated the project, but test messages made it to two nearby stars in 1996 & 1998.
Y9Xv TIL that the weird white spots you see when you look up at the blue sky are actually white blood cells moving through blood vessels in your retina.
04Ey TIL Every language in the world creates different onomatopoeia for the same animal sound. For example, in English a rooster says “Cock-a-doodle-doo” while in German it’s “Kickeriki” and the way that the word is written and pronounced changes the speaker’s perceptions of the original sound.
WvG9 TIL that washing your hands with good old soap and water is better than alcohol hand sanitiser at protecting you from catching Norovirus (winter vomiting bug)
kOPrg TIL that King George V of England was euthanized by his physicians with consecutive lethal injections of morphine and cocaine. This was done without his knowledge or consent.