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TIL Unknown author Janet Frame was scheduled for a frontal lobotomy when it was announced that she had won a national literary prize. The procedure was cancelled.

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yVbNX TIL: The Trauco are dwarf or goblin like creates in Chile mythology who live deep in the forest, are incredibly ugly, and have no feet. However, they are extremely alluring to young women. Since they are irresistible due to their sexual potency, the creature is used to explain unwanted pregnancies.
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b9PyZ TIL that the three men who developed penicillin as the first antibiotic were first given knighthoods (Sir) and then won a Nobel Prize and THEN one was even made a baron - a rare honour that even outranks "Sir".
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