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TIL Michael Jackson's song In the Closet featured vocal by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco

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8aByV TIL Rust Doesn't cause Tetanus. Tetanus, or lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium tetani, an extremely hardy rod-shaped bacterium found in animal digestive tracts and soil worldwide. Humans can be exposed to Clostridium tetani in a variety of non-rusty ways, such as animal bites.
9wWZM TIL Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, was the “father of public relations.” He opened the tobacco market to women, branding cigarettes as feminist “Torches of Freedom.” He died in 1995, at the age of 103.
PYWpE TIL about Hematohydrosis; a rare disease where humans sweat blood.
m105o TIL that Mary Shelley, author of the foundational science fiction work "Frankenstein", was also the daughter of legendary women's rights activist Mary Wollstonecraft.
neWxY TIL, that the economical model responsible for this genocidal program implemented by Pol Pot in Cambodia originated as a doctoral thesis at Sorbonne in 1950s