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TIL that in 1950 ‘One of the largest human experiments in history’ was conducted on unsuspecting residents of San Francisco by the US military in a germ-warfare simulation and Nuremberg Code violation that utilized the Bay Area’s iconic fog to help spread two kinds of bacteria over the city.

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LdeQ TIL that US Labeling Law allows any prepared food that is under 5 calories to be marked as 0 or “Calorie free”. A packet of Splenda and a can of Diet Coke both have 4 calories.
Rm79 TIL anticholinergic drugs like Benadryl have recently been linked to the development of dementia, short-term memory loss, and confusion through long term, daily use.
D1LZv TIL a majority of Icelanders believe in the existence of elves
PXoJ TIL that Lord Cornwallis, the general famous for leading the British Army during the American Revolution became Governor-General of India after the war and is buried there in a tomb overlooking the Ganges River.
o1ao TIL Not all vampires were staked through the heart, some were staked through the leg to prevent them from rising from their coffins [post from /r/archeology]