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nWBXo TIL that Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, which is a small town to the north of Paris. He continued to paint up until his death in 1890. He also was admitted to the Asylum of Saint Paul in Saint-Rémy because of severe mental illness.
8e6eP TIL that researchers are developing a drug that could regrow human teeth. Toregem Biopharma aims to bring the antibody drug to market in 2030 for patients missing some or all of their teeth from birth -- a condition known as congenital anodontia. Clinical trials to begin in September this year.
M7oRm TIL on Storage Wars, Darrell revealed that he once found a plastic-wrapped human corpse in a storage locker. It was determined that the previous owner of the locker had murdered his wife and left her in the unit.
gjvy TIL The Library of Alexandria “borrowed” works to be copied for their collection then returned, but instead the library gave the lender the copy and kept the original
0xNN TIL that the Molai Forest in India (1,360 acres) was planted by a single man, over the span of 30 years. It is now home to Bengal tigers, Indian rhinoceroses and the occasional herd of elephants.