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TIL that people heal their stomach ulcers by drinking organic cabbage juice for a few weeks

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ZpAdY TIL In 1877 Jules Janssen used a special 5.5 inch solar telescope to take the first photos of the Sun showing granulation on its surface. Of the 6000 images made for his 1904 Solar Atlas, only seven survived
OolZY TIL that the job title for marrying two halves of an expensive set of hand made scissors is a "Master putter togetherer"
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gMJQb TIL a fascinating group of people called the "Wandervogel" rebelled against Authoritarianism in germany until the nazis forced them to disband, while borrowing some of their ideas about nationalism and nature