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TIL that the term "Plasma" was used in biology before the state of matter was discovered

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omx8 TIL a small group of people is remaking the classic 1994 video game, Descent, into the up to date UDK engine.
GAgYN TIL: A 'Thorough-Cough' was a term in 1699 for coughing and farting at the same time. Huzzah!
p81aA TIL people are making Money Right under Our Noses on YouTube (Just found out about this)
5V0BD TIL that Thalidomide, the drug responsible for thousands of birth defects across Europe in the 1950s/60s, was developed by a doctor who had previously worked for the Nazis, experimenting on concentration camp victims
5YjkD TIL of John Shaw, an outlaw who ordered a drink in a Winslow, AZ saloon then robbed the place. He was later caught and killed but since he never finished the drink his friends dug him up, poured whiskey down his throat and took photos.