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TIL Tu Youyou discovered artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria, a breakthrough in twentieth-century tropical medicine, saving millions of lives. She is described as “almost completely forgotten by people”.

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x6vVb TIL about a rock conglomerate called Puddingstone, which consists of colorful rounded pebbles in a cemented matrix. It's said to be named after Christmas pudding, aka "Figgy Pudding," due to its occasional resemblance to the dried fruit dish, especially when polished.
Ekkx TIL that, to date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.
KOJ5w TIL that George Washington's teeth weren't made of wood. Rather his dentures were made from animal and human teeth, which he had most likely pulled from slaves.
v15Z8 TIL of Godiva, who wanted lower taxes. To convince her husband the Earl, she rode her horse naked through the streets. The public was ordered to close their shutters. Tom decided to look and was struck blind. This produced the term "Peeping Tom" as well as the name of the chocolate company Godiva.
PW1g TIL the NEAR Shoemaker probe landed on the asteroid Eros on February 12, 2001