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TIL that slugs used to be used as lubricant on wheels

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wRkE TIL A breastfeeding son “spotted cancer” in mother by refusing to feed from breast with cyst.
4jbb Til there was a man who built a 40-Foot “Spite Fence” around his neighbor’s house.
jaeX TIL of the Guinea Worm. In 1986, it infected 3.5 million people . Now it is down to 2 cases in 2016. It stands to be the second globally eradicated infectious disease in history, after smallpox.
loxOr TIL when Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash, his pregnant wife heard the news on television and suffered a miscarriage as a result. Since then, it became policy to notify family of tragedy before names became public.
kJ7V5 TIL about "Mad hatters disease". It was caused by mercury poisoning, which was used by "hatters" in the hat making process. Symptoms included insomnia, shyness, tremors and more.