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TIL That when cholera was appearing in London in the 1830s one prescribed cure was to inject turpentine and mutton stew up the anus

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W7QvN TIL that upon Harry Houdini's death, his magic equipment was inherited by his brother Theodore on the condition that it be "burned and destroyed" upon Theodore's death. Instead, the equipment ended up in the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, a museum which burnt down in 1995.
nWWBY TIL about Dick Bong: an American Flying Ace with 40 victories in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
OO4e TIL that the opposite of the word “Anonymous” is actually “Onymous”
neMmY TIL that there are more people who speak the English as a second language than native English-speakers around the world
8eQQb TIL that W.W. Denslow the illustrator of the original Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), died after a drinking binge.