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TIL There is a fictional antibiotic called Kalocin from 1969. Also potential new antibiotics called Halocin and Halicin. Last one named after HAL (a space odyssey). Links to real ones in comments

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VM66p TIL of Lester Patrick, a coach for the New York Rangers who played at goalie in the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals while the head coach and GM for the team.
dle7 TIL the man who first artificially cloned a fish was later forced to give up his research and become a janitor by the Chinese government during the Cultural Revolution.
nj1Y TIL that there is a waiting list of pro-life advocates to adopt babies with Down Syndrome, AIDS, and other terminal illnesses from anywhere in the world.
gMwPy Today I learned that there exists a formal, research-based protocol for assessing the degree of danger a woman faces of being murdered by her male spouse/boyfriend/partner/ex
oRYe7 TIL about myco-architecture--an ongoing project at NASA ARC to prototype fungi that would grow into usable habitats on Mars. Once fully grown, the fungi would be baked. The project aims to reduce weight carried on rockets when compared to the typically envisaged metal-and-glass buildings.