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TIL forensic hand analysis is a real thing

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JYXAk TIL about Goose Pulling, where people would tie a goose upside down and grease its neck, then ride past it and try to pull its head off.
l9rK TIL of Ignaz Semmelweis who made doctors wash their hands between autopsies and deliveries. He was later shunned by the scientific community, and beaten to death by asylum guards.
PYQlL TIL about Agent 355. This was the code name of a female spy during the American Revolution she was very capable with everything from deception to weapons of that time. She was one of the first spies for the United States, but her real identity is unknown
N7X4N TIL The former leader of Nigerian militant group Boko Haram was a flat earther (someone who denies that the Earth is a globe)
mx5Ex TIL that farmers are losing their right to repair their equipment because of all computers and software inside of them