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TIL scientists found a medieval salve made out of wine, garlic, onion and oxgall which must be put in a brass vessel for nine nights to become an antibiotic that is potent against MRSA.

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R1g4 TIL: Donald Rumsfeld was Secretary of Defence twice, first at the age of 43 and again at 69. This makes him both the youngest and oldest person to serve as Secretary of Defense.
ZpZ5a TIL that in 1967, Australian prime minister Harold Holt disappeared whilst swimming in the sea, something he loved to do, never to be seen again.
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Dnkp TIL - Dave Grohl once took too much acid on a boat from England to Belgium and ran in circles for three hours hallucinating that tiny dinosaurs were attacking.
DQ7Zj TIL of the 6 Degrees of Separation theory: The idea that all humans are connected with 6 connections or less