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TIL that maggot therapy is a medical practice used to clean wounds and promote healing by using live maggots to eat dead tissue

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8aQQG TIL that Red Bull was sued for 'false advertising' by a consumer after 10 years of drinking Red Bull that he neither grew wings nor any enhanced athletic or intellectual performance.
e0xAJ TIL humans dont actually have five senses, we have other senses like balance, heat, pain and the passage of time. Humans actually have at least 14 senses.
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