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TIL Listerine was first sold as a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea

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d8r8j TIL research shows that cats recognize their owner’s voices but choose to ignore them
oRPB7 TIL that actress Olivia Wilde is distantly related to Sir George Cockburn, who oversaw the Burning of Washington, during The War of 1812.
Av0g TIL of anesthesia awareness, a condition in which a patient under anesthesia is completely conscious yet unable to physically move their body. Patients are fully aware for the entirety of their operation and are able to feel pain without the ability to alert the doctors to stop the procedure.
QJg69 TIL that the notoriously sloppy handwriting of doctors result in the death of 7000 and injury of 1.5 million people annually due to unclear abbreviations and illegible dosage indications on prescriptions.
BJJD TIL that men are more likely to have sons if they have more brothers and are more likely to have daughters if they have more sisters.