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TIL The expression grüß Gott ( 'may God greet you') is used in Southern Germany and Austria. It was promoted in the 19th century by the Catholic clergy over the standard German greeting guten Tag ('good day')

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W7JZo TIL that cotton, bearing similarities to wool, was once thought to be harvested from a plant described as "a wonderful tree which bore tiny lambs on the endes of its branches. These branches were so pliable that they bent down to allow the lambs to feed when they are hungry"
M7Mva TIL During the 50's and 60's, Dr. Chester M. Southam injected patients and prisoners with cancer cells (HeLa cells) for research without their consent. He was reported and suspended for a year despite a cover up attempt. He later became President of the American Association for Cancer Research.
XRN6 TIL that Bob Ross served as a Master Sergeant in the USAF, one of many positions that he said required him to be “tough” and “mean.” After leaving in 1981, he said that he had promised himself that if he ever left the military, he would never scream again.
Vpk8 TIL of a Mets/Yankees minor league game where a switch-handed pitcher AND batter faced off, and the two kept on switching hands so much, it was minutes before a pitch was thrown.
5jb8 TIL There are married Roman Catholic priests; there are about 80. In almost all the cases, the priests were married before they joined the Catholic church. Once they converted to Catholicism, they remained married and their vows are recognized by the Vatican.