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TIL All modern penicillin can be traced back to a single moldy cantaloupe from a small grocery store in Peoria, Illinois

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pg0O TIL that Chicago had a huge heatwave in 1995 that killed hundreds, and that 41 victims’ bodies were never claimed. They were buried in a mass grave in Homewood, Illinois.
yQyk8 TIL a pedophile in Thailand posted a picture of himself with a swirl effect on his face, allowing the Interpol to unswirl the image back and arrest him
7r6jO TIL Most mammals lose their baby teeth once like humans (diphyodonts). The exceptions are manatees, elephants and kangaroos who can lose teeth many times over (polyphyodonts)
7loM TIL that Steven Seagal once delayed production on a film because he was in his trailer reading a script. He emerged two hours later and told someone “I just read the greatest script I’ve ever read in my life”. When asked who wrote it, he responded, “I did”
9wRX TIL Mr. Bubble, bubble bath, is suspected to have caused a generation of women to have a life-long predisposition to UTI’s.