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TIL that the Quaker Oats Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology agreed to pay $1.85-million to settle a federal lawsuit over an experiment in which radioactive oatmeal was fed to boys at a state institution in the 1940s and 1950s.

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W7pjY TIL about Sir Carton de Wiart, the most wounded British officer, injured 11 times across three wars, losing an eye and a hand. He even survived a plane crash and was captured by the Italians in WWII. His bravery earned him the Victoria Cross, the highest British military award for gallantry