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TIL that suicide by slitting your wrist only works 1.2% of the time and last for several hours of slow, excruciating pain before you Die.

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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.
0dNmN TIL the Mongols were not tribal people but had their own feudal-like institutions.
JYmDB TIL opossums have pouches not unlike a kangaroo's, and can feed on average a litter of 13 infants within it
PY9BV TIL of Dick Trickle, the NASCAR driver ESPN anchors Keith Olberman and Dan Patrick would always be sure to announce the results for because they thought his name was funny. Trickle had a hole drilled in his helmet so he could smoke cigarettes during races, and won rookie of the year at 48 years old
d8waj TIL that bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) kill so many bacteria that their corpses release 1 BILLION TONS of carbon every DAY, which is a major source of food for bottom-dwelling ocean creatures.