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TIL that Bethlem Royal Hospital was originally a shelter for the poor and accommodation for visiting clergy, before becoming the madhouse nicknamed "Bedlam", and is still a functioning NHS psychiatric hospital

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epyNb TIL that macadam road is named after its inventor John Loudon McAdam.
JYKw8 TIL of the Sulimov dog, which was created from a hybrid between 2 Lapponian Herder dogs and 2 golden jackals for Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot. It was bred together with various other breeds for 7 generations to increase trainability and establish a breed.
x607g TIL the Nazis attempted to ban the Old Testament from the Christian Bible. The Nazis believed that the Old Testament "corrupted" the Christian faith. The Reich Church likewise rejected the divinity of Christ Jesus.
VP6p TIL Mormons do secret handshakes through curtains to practice getting into heaven
x6egk TIL Cataract Surgery was done as early as the 5th century BCE using “couching” and evolved to use a syringe in the 11th century in the medieval Islamic world