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TIL: That leeches are still used in modern medicine.

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j6X7v TIL that during Al-Qaeda volleyball matches, Mohammed Atef and Osama Bin Laden had to be on separate teams due to their skill and stature to ensure fair play.
Ma8b TIL of the Man versus Horse Marathon, which originated from a pub bet in 1980. It was being disputed that over the right terrain and over enough distance, a man could outrun a horse. In 2004, that bet was settled when Huw Lobb beat the fastest horse by two minutes.
Ag0x TIL there is an Ig Nobel Prize for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. This year’s winners include Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, LITHUANIA, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank.
naBY TIL hitting snooze on your alarm can make you more tired than if you had gotten up right away. Especially if you purposefully set it early with the intention of hitting snooze.
dLEK TIL that doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually