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TIL a word for wind blowing through the trees is psithurism

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dxnQ TIL that, in 1957, a terminal cancer patient was given a worthless drug that caused his tumors to “melt like snowballs on a hot stove.” When he found out it was proven worthless, his cancer returned. He was given a placebo version and it went away again. He learned the truth, then died soon after.
gM5R4 TIL in 2018 “One of the four greatest wing chun masters” challenged an MMA fighter during live broadcast television in China. However, despite being knocked down 6 times in a row by the MMA fighter the fight was considered a draw by the referee
nB7P TIL Steve Jobs earned more from Disney than from Apple and was the largest individual shareholder.
Pg6V TIL during World War 2 the Japanese government had a national policy to receive Jewish refugees. Even Hideki Tojo rejected Nazi protests to this policy.
4yaw TIL there is a superstition in knitting called The Sweater Curse, which implies that knitting one’s significant other a sweater will result in a breakup.