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TIL some mustard gas effects, once declassified, allowed the chemicals to be utilized to treat cancer. Mustard gas science is the precursor to chemotherapy.

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Y7nZG TIL humans are in the same Superorder as rats, so we are closer related to rats than shrews are related to rats.
Lkl7P TIL two 16 year old girls in West Virginia murdered their best friend by stabbing her over 50 times because they got tired of being her friend.
6EWgJ TIL Matels iconic Barbie Doll design was actually born in Germany in 1952. The inspiration for Americas most famous doll was a saucy highend prostitute named Lilli. Originally a comic-strip character, the Bild Lilli doll became so popular she was immortalized in plastic & sold as an adult novelty.
P5RO TIL that because of Valentine’s Day, March is the biggest month for pregnancy test sales.
o8NA TIL of the “American Hippo Bill,” a 1910 plan to introduce hippos to the bayous of Louisiana in order to control populations of water hyacinth (an invasive plant species) and provide a source of meat. The bill fell just short of being passed.