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TIL there is no scientific evidence that Chiropractic medicine has any medical benefit.

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4PrR TIL that author Harlan Ellison wrote and finished his story ‘I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream’ in a single night and did not make any changes from the first draft
GAxj5 TIL 'lingua franca' originally referred to the Mediterranean Lingua Franca (also called Sabir), a pidgin used around the Mediterranean Sea by diplomats and traders, consisting mostly of Italian and Spanish, with loanwords from Greek, Arabic, Slavic languages, and Turkish
8bV TIL that “preposterous” is essentially Latin for “ass-backwards”
yVMvv TIL the term "Artificial Intelligence" was first coined in 1956 by John McCarthy at the Dartmouth Conference
X0VGP TIL The "Werewolf Diet," which involves fasting according to lunar phases, particularly during full moons, under the belief that it can aid in weight loss and detoxification.