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TIL Ruth Handler, inventor of Barbie doll, struggled to find a good breast prosthesis after her breast surgery. So she manufactured more realistic version called 'Nearly me'.

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dNkZ TIL lead acetate (the form of lead found in lead paints) was once used as an artificial sweetener
4ZrN TIL Josef Mengele, a Nazi doctor who fled to South America after WW2, would use fake names to fly under the radar. One such name was, “Jose Mengele.”
M7yLV TIL Humans domesticated Cannabis 12,000 years ago. More than 3,000 years before we domesticated Maize (Corn)
dDp7d TIL that rats laugh when tickled, but the sound is at a frequency humans can’t hear without special equipment. Scientists discovered this in the late ‘90s.
epOVJ TIL that Walking is more effective than Metformin in Type 2 Diabetics heart health