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TIL that “Chemotherapy came to us because of an accident in World War II...it was what the Americans were hiding [illegally as mustard gas was outlawed] in one of the wrecked cargo ship that made the event historic: The U.S. SS John Harvey contained more than 120,000 pounds of mustard gas"

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bokN TIL That Hybristophilia, the sexual arousal and orgasmic response to having sex with murderers and serial killers, “occurs almost exclusively in Women”, making it unlike most other paraphilias.
pYvGA TIL when the Pope dies they are buried in 3 different coffins. One of Cypress, One of Lead, and One of Oak, Elm, or Walnut.
wLOnY TIL That a sign that a person has low-self esteem is if they feel that other people judge them even if there isn't evidence of other people judging them
kJ5n5 TIL that whales have earwax and it's used to determine a whale's age.
rNeNx TIL Canada has a town called Swastika, named in 1906, inspired by the spiritual symbol. During WWII, the gov't renamed it "Winston", but the residents refused. They reinstalled the old sign, with a message: “To hell with Hitler, we came up with our name first.” It's still called Swastika today.