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TIL a woman presented with a persistent cough & fever for 6 months & despite receiving antibiotics & anti-tuberculosis meds during 4 of those months, her symptoms did not improve. Eventually, the cause was found to be an inverted bag-like structure in her lung that was later revealed to be a condom.

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L5bm TIL Nixon’s strategy during Vietnam was called the Madman Theory and it focused on making the enemy think Nixon was insane and if provoked would act irrational.
8vPa TIL there is a book titled, The Mouse That Roared, about a small nation that declares war on the United States in hopes of a swift defeat to get money to rebuild its country.
Egrod TIL that Mick Jagger's first TV appearance had nothing to do with music but was showing him in an educational spot about mountain climbing, together with his father who was a physical education teacher (and helped popularise basketball in Britain).
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