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TIL of Micheal Swango an American doctor estimated to have killed 60 patients and colleagues

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KR0R TIL that the Brazilian Wandering Spider’s venom not only kills, but can cause paralysis and asphyxiation, but worst of all, it causes “priapism”. This is when an erect penis cannot return to a flaccid start and is known to be extremely painful.
mxxRo If stretching before exercise is of questionable benefit, is there any time that stretching is beneficial? The Phys Ed columnist Gretchen Reynolds responds to readers’ questions.
NXV6P TIL a sultan of Morocco, Isma‘il ibn Sharif, owned a private army called "The Black Guard" comprised of West African and Haratin slave-soldiers. Considered more loyal than the locals because of their lack of tribal affiliation, Isma‘il's black soldiers formed the bulk of his army, numbering at 150k.
4X9xb TIL that the actor who plays Donald Malarkey in Band of Brothers is also the voice of Steve Smith in American Dad.
vJKL TIL that until the invention of the wall outlet, people had plug their electric appliances into an empty light bulb socket.