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TIL: The first ski chairlift was developed in Omaha, Nebraska

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kEPE TIL a computer tech forgot to install some new code in a server. This resulted in a high speed stock trading company that did $21 billion in daily trades to go bankrupt in 45 minutes
lmga TIL a woman was elected to the US house of representatives in 1916, four years before women won the right to vote nationwide
P18rJ TIL milk jugs have those circle indentations for structural support, lower production costs and to allow changes in volume.
OGBx4 TIL that maggot therapy is an FDA approved treatment option for ulcers and wounds to promote healing. Live maggots are placed at the site of injury and eat the necrotic tissue, while also secreting anti-microbial chemicals.
8aPyX TIL In 1957, a terminal cancer patient was given a worthless drug that caused his tumors to “melt like snowballs on a hot stove.” When he found out it was proven worthless, his cancer returned. He was given a placebo version and it went away again. Got truth again and died.