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TIL of a drug called TGN1412 that went through phase 1 clinical trials. Six men were given the drug and suffered catastrophic effects. Fever, severe pain, vomiting, multiple organ failures, swollen heads and limbs needing to be amputated.

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8e7B4 TIL that the Sultan of Morocco proposed a joint Anglo-Moroccan invasion of the West Indies that would expel Spain from the Caribbean and place their former colonies under joint Moroccan-English rule. Queen Elizabeth was intrigued but both she and the Sultan died in 1603, scuttling any plans.
Z8PG4 TIL about Adam-ondi-Ahman, a historic site in Daviess County, Missouri, about five miles south of Jameson. According to the doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints it is the site where Adam and Eve lived after being expelled from the Garden of Eden.
eEeJ TIL girls can get so stressed it actually stops our ovulation and we skip a period.
VZ40 TIL Chickens and turkeys are more closely related to dinosaurs than any other bird
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