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TIL Sigmund Freud never cured anyone. He promoted cocaine as a miracle drug capable of curing a wide range of diseases, and advanced his career through falsifying case histories and betraying the mentors who had helped him to rise

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oawW TIL of Yale’s Stadium Prank in which Yale students disguised themselves as a Harvard pep-squad and tricked Harvard fans into holding up placards spelling ‘WE SUCK’ at their own football game.
B6Ry TIL mosquitoes and the diseases they spread have killed more people than all wars in human history.
j6oPp TIL in the pre-smartphone era some mobile phones featured a small "self-portrait" mirror next to the camera to help the user line up selfies.
groW7 TIL that canned tuna (and other fish) contains small doses of mercury (the poisonous metal found for example in old thermomethers)
8aB94 TIL Actor Kit Harington is a direct descendant of Robert Catesby, the mastermind behind the plot to blow up parliament. Kit also plays Catesby in the BBC drama Gunpowder, retelling the story behind the plot.