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TIL data recorded from human experimentation carried out in Nazi death camps like Auschwitz is still used by scientists and doctors to this day because no similar level data exists

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VBOMm TIL that Phineas Gage survived an accident where a metal rod pierced his skull. It happened in 1948, while working on a new railroad line, a three-foot-long metal rod pierced his left cheek, passed behind his eye, and perforated part of his brain. He survived.
wLOB6 TIL that when astronomer Carl Sagan sent Apple a cease & desist for codenaming a computer after him, they changed the name to "BHA," for "Butthead Astronomer." When he then sued for libel, the court dismissed the suit, noting "one does not seriously attack a scientist using the phrase 'butthead'."
8abAa TIL there is a colony of wild wallabies living in Hawaii. In 1916 they were flown into Oahu to be a part of a private zoo, but escaped after neighborhood dogs attacked (and killed one of) them.
rRGvo TIL that English's formal word for "you" was "you", while "thou" was used to express intimacy & familiarity
EgGVo TIL that the plane crash at the end of season 2 of Breaking Bad was inspired by a real-life 1986 mid-air collision, in which the air-traffic controller who was directing air traffic at the time of the accident was named Walter White