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TIL about Jilly Juice, a fermented cabbage drink which its creator claims can cure cancer.

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rNVLd TIL that PET scans work based on antimatter. The patient is injected with a radioactive material that generates positrons, which annihilate with electrons in the patient’s body. The PET scanner detects the gamma radiation that’s generated.
V7w4 TIL That Grace Hopper is credited with popularizing the term “debugging” when she removed a moth from a computer.
ANald TIL About Camp Nordland which existed in New Jersey from 1937-1941. Owned by the German-American Bund the camp held various pro-German rallies culminating in a joint rally with other groups in 1940. The camp was ultimately closed after a police raid in 1941.
KYQdw Today I learned that Rogaine is fatally toxic to pets, even after it has dried (I’m a vet tech and experienced a sad case this week)
6b87 TIL British and American commanders ensured that the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 was seen as a “whites only” victory. They insisted that all black soldiers be taken out and replaced by white ones from other units.