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TIL Charles Darwin lost his faith in God after witnessing parasitic wasp larvae devour a caterpillar from the inside out.

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WalB TIL that in 1894 a local priest saved a 4 year old boy from drowning, that 4 year old boy was Hitler.
6Bn8 TIL Firms illegally dumped nuclear waste off Somalia coast, brought to the coast by a Tsunami, causing radiation sickness to the local villagers in 2005
b0Wa TIL the doctor that proposed medical professionals should wash their hands before handling patients was so mocked by his peers that he suffered from a nervous breakdown. He was committed to a mental institution, dying from a septic wound that was not treated properly.
m10Lp TIL that before joining Kiss, drummer Eric Carr's prior band, Creation, was performing at a nightclub when a fire broke out. Carr made it out but returned to help his bandmates escape. He was able rescue one but two band members along with 22 others all perished.
PY5wn TIL, Andy Warhol made an adaptation of A Clockwork Orange in 1965. The film, "Vinyl", is about Victor, who spends his time lifting weights, dancing and torturing people before being arrested.