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TIL that conquistador Hernán Cortés founded a hospital in Mexico City to serve Aztec warriors who were wounded fighting the Spanish — and the hospital still operates today.

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BbQe TIL that in 1984 a cult spread salmonella on salad bars at restaurants in an Oregon city. They hoped to incapacitate the local population so that their candidates would win local elections. It was the first and single largest bioterrorist attack in US history.
88G8 TIL Anonymous has become an child pornography task force, removing 40+ child porn websites in 2011 alone
PYvoL TIL that before it was possible to measure blood sugar directly from the blood, diabetes was sometimes detected by testing whether or not ants were attracted to the sweetness of the urine.
ADEb4 TIL that the longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386, and still stands today.
8avlV TIL the only non-military dog to be awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery, was a collie named Sheila. In 1944 she tracked down 4 injured US airmen on a mountain during a blizzard, after their B-17 crashed. She led locals to their location, who evacuated them before the bombs detonated shorty after.