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TIL that the World Health Organization listed homosexuality as a mental illness until the 17th May 1990.

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KO9la TIL of Katherine Knight who, in 2001, became the first Australian woman ever to be given a no-parole life sentence after cooking her husband to feed to his children.
p8nPb TIL that the US Navy trains dolphins for protection and search capabilities. The dolphins are transported in special pools on ships and are cared for for the rest of their lives, even after being retired
x67rD TIL there is some chimpanzee populations that inhabit the savanna and act differently then the forest populations for example using caves, filtering drinking water, walking more on two legs than forest chimpz do and more. There is an Arte documentary on YouTube with them filtering water.
R7Aa6 TIL about Dr. Robert Liston, the fastest surgeon in the 19th century. Start to finish it took him 2 and a half minutes to amputate a leg. In his most famous mishap he took off an assistant's fingers as he cut through a leg. That surgery is the only known surgery with a 300% mortality rate.
pyaA TIL that Krubera Cave is the deepest known Cave on earth with 2,197 m depth.