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Y4pv TIL that after watching an episode of House M.D., a doctor from Germany learned of a patient’s previously unknown hip replacement and correctly diagnosed them with cobalt poisoning, saving their life.
aw7Wb TIL Humans nearly went extinct, reducing to a population of only 8,800 which would qualify today as "endangered" before bouncing back
V5EG TIL scientists didn’t discover a single male Blanket octopus until 2002 because they were looking at the wrong magnitude. Females can be up to 40,000 times more massive than males; the largest gender size discrepancy in the animal kingdom.
o64A TIL During the 2000 election, the Gore campaign received an anonymous package containing debate prep materials from the Bush campaign and they called the FBI in response.
D15ZP TIL that 10-35% of people share the same genetic trait that makes us having to sneeze when looking towards the sun