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TIL of Roger Sherman, the only man who signed all four of the great state papers of the United States (the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution)

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KOwpQ TIL the chemical giant Sigma-Aldrich makes three different corpse scents for canine training, including “recently dead,” “decomposed,” and “drowned victim.”
8a988 TIL that Kyoto was actually at the top of the list of targets for the atomic bomb, not Nagasaki nor Hiroshima. Secretary of War Henry Stimson ordered for the ancient city with its thousands of palaces, temples, and shrines to be removed from the list, but the military kept on putting it back.
XE6ZP TIL Dartmouth chemistry professor Karen Wetterhahn spilled 1 or 2 droplets of dimethylmercury on her gloved hand while working in a lab. Less than a year later she was dead from poisoning.
DGPp TIL An Australian neurosurgeon has completed a world-first marathon surgery removing cancer-riddled vertebrae and successfully replacing them with a 3D-printed body part.
YpbJZ TIL about “Anti-Japan Tribalism”—a book by professor Lee Young-Hoon— that argues the official history of the ROK is based on false narratives and that a number of South Korean scholars, journalists, activists, and politicians have been active in creating and spreading anti-Japanese sentiments & lies