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TIL The largest poo ever discovered is in York, England and is over 1,000 years old estimated to be worth $39,000

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WkQ98 TIL that Alexander Fleming, discoverer of the miracle drug, Penicillin, almost gave up on it entirely because it was very hard to extract. It was only with the help of Sir Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, whom developed a method of mass production, could penicillin be made available to millions.
vZJx TIL that monkeys once battled with humans for over 2 hours for drinking water
78ndP TIL of the word monomania, a term used in 19th century psychiatry to describe a form of partial insanity conceived as single psychological obsession in an otherwise sound mind.
l0VA TIL there is a 30 meters wide rock standing out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean which was walked on by less than 20 people - almost as few as the moon.
b9Kl7 TIL the tip of a potato peeler is designed to dig out sprouts