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TIL that medieval plague doctors were often times not even doctors at all, but rather second rate physicians hired to simply keep death records, or in one case, a former fruit salesman.

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LWAr TIL that a psychologist conducted an experiment on how to make two strangers fall in love in 34 minutes. And two subjects got married afterwards!
Oo7Ma TIL that the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition in the 20s and 30s, killing over 10,000 people. Although mostly forgotten today, the “chemist’s war of Prohibition” remains one of the strangest and most deadly decisions in American law-enforcement history.
R59Q8 TIL that when mating, the female Serromyia biting midge (no-see-um) drives her tongue like a drill into the male's head, pumping him full of acid. His insides melt, and she sucks him dry. The male's genitals break off, blocking the female from future mating.
dAbB TIL Adam Sandler based Happy Gilmore on his childhood friend, Kyle, who lived near Sandler. Kyle was a wanna-be hockey player who could “hit a golf ball longer than anyone in the neighborhood”. Kyle joined a local golf league, and won the championship the year he joined.
aN5b TIL that as a teenager, Lou Reed’s parents made him undergo electroshock therapy 3 times a week in an attempt to cure him of his bisexuality