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TIL In early days of penicillin, it was so expensive it was extracted from patients urine and reused on other patients.

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PwpE TIL that cheating and creating cheats for online games is officially a crime in south korea
wLk81 TIL the term "Napoleon Dynamite Problem" is used to describe the phenomenon where "quirky" films such as Napoleon Dynamite, Lost in Translation and I Heart Huckabees prove difficult for researchers to create algorithms able to predict whether or not a viewer will like a certain film.
KY1K9 TIL there is a neighborhood in the city of Cândido Godói, Brazil, where 1 in 10 births yields twins. This is an unusually high rate. Although the exact cause for this phenomenon is unclear, the population is largely descended from a city in Germany which also has a high rate of twin births.
95Er TIL The end of slavery led to starvation and death for millions of black Americans
Me6Qm TIL The floor plans of MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service) headquarters in London were 'lost' by building contractors during refurbishment. The documents held sensitive information on the layout, including entry and exit points. Most documents (but not all) were later recovered.