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TIL a girl who had half of her brain removed at age 8 grew up to earn a Master’s degree and become a speech pathologist

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WGoN TIL that the at-sign, @, is not a modern invention. It has been found on documents as old as 1345.
QJEoE TIL Western Europe has the lowest prevalence of personality disorders (2.4%), the prevalence in the US is three times as high with 7.6%
6o0Q TIL Chemotherapy drugs to fight cancer were discovered in WW1 where the effects of mustard gas on surviors reduced the amount of rapidly dividing cells like white blood cells. First drug developed based on this research was called Mustine.
E1XPV Today I learned of a ww2 navy officer who escaped a POW camp in full uniform by pretending to be a Bulgarian officer named I Bugaroff
P1jgO TIL how canyons are formed