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TIL of an Austrian man named Adam Rainer, who is the only person in medical history to have been classified as a dwarf and a giant during his lifetime.

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eEGE TIL a faith-healing cult in Indiana in the 1970s and ‘80s caused at least 90 medically preventable deaths.
1apZD TIL the grasshopper and locust are actually the same creature; the locust is the grasshopper high on serotonin.
5YD6n TIL On The Rolling Stones record sleeves between 1963 and 1965 the band used the songwriter pseudonym "Nanker/Phelge" for collaborations where all band members took equal credit
5VrpP TIL Sammy Davis Jr lost his left eye in a car accident when he was just 29
5YgX8 TIL: About the Trojan Room coffee pot at the University of Cambridge which is said to be the inspiration for the first webcam. In 1991 it put a live picture of the office coffee pot on peoples desktops pc’s of the local office LAN so people wouldn’t make a wasted trip.