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TIL in 1996 a woman going through heroin withdrawal crushed up a black widow spider and injected it

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8aG1L TIL the fallacy fallacy is the formal fallacy of analyzing an argument and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.
N4G8 TIL its possible to scramble an egg while its still in the shell, thus creating a golden egg!
PYOZn TIL that there are 11 active nuclear powered aircraft carriers in the world. One of them is French and the other ten are American
XW6r TIL PhD students are 2.5 times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than highly educated general population
9w8NX TIL The US banned sliced bread during WWII as a rationing measure to save the wax paper and plastic used to wrap it. The ban was reversed 3 months later because there was widespread consumer backlash and savings were less than anticipated.