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TIL a Victorian undertaker inadvertently launched the first Low Carb diet craze

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d8PXr TIL that Colin Campbell Ross, an Australian, was executed in 1922 for the murder of a child (a case which was sensationalised by Keith - father of Rupert - Murdoch's newspaper). After the original evidence was tested for DNA in 1998, the case returned to court, and he was finally pardoned in 2008
6EW8w TIL: Nazis abducted 200,000 Polish children claiming some were the descendants of Germans that had emigrated to Poland. Those evaluated as "Aryan-looking” were adopted by German families; some grew up believing they were German. Only 20% are estimated to have reunited with their families post-war.
BrGpy TIL that dentists did not wear gloves or eye masks until the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 80’s. All of the current protections we are wearing may also become permanent in some areas.
neeGY TIL that due to heavy snow in 1891, the 3 p.m. train service from Paddington to Plymouth left on 9 March and arrived on 13 March
N7Q1 TIL there’s a company that invented the retractable syringe to prevent AIDS and offers to sell it at a equal price to consumers. Yet they’re over shadowed by a billion dollar company “BD”.